“ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehendeda it not. ”
The light shineth in darkness - Darkness, in the Bible, commonly denotes ignorance, guilt, or misery. See Isaiah 9:1-2 ; Matthew 4:16 ; Acts 26:18 ; Ephesians 5:8 , Ephesians 5:11 ; Romans...
(3) And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness (m) comprehended it not. (3) The light of men is turned into darkness, but yet there is enough clearness so that they are without excuse. (m)...
The Prologue: See Introduction. John 1:1-5 . The Word in Relation to God and Creation. The references to the language and thought of Genesis 1 are clear. At the time of creation, if the phr...
shineth . Greek. phaino. App-106. darkness . the darkness. Pre supposing the Fall. Genesis 3:18 . comprehended it . This is direct from the Vulgate. The Greek kata is so rendered only here....
5. And the light shineth in darkness. It might be objected, that the passages of Scripture in which men are called blind are so numerous and that the blindness for which they are condemned is...
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. And the light shineth in darkness - By darkness here may be understood: 1. The heathen world, Ephesians 5:8 . 2. The Jewish...
And the light shineth in darkness;— We have observed in the former verse, that Christ is the fountain of all spiritual light, so that nothing can be spiritually discerned but by his Spirit. This li...
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. And the light shineth in darkness - that is, in this dark fallen world; for though the Life was the light of men," the...
The Divinity and Incarnation of the Word. Witness of John. The First Disciples 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was made man, (3) that He revealed the Father. This...
And the light shineth in darkness. — The vision of brightness is present but for a moment, and passes away before the black reality of the history of mankind. The description of Paradise occupies b...
Chapter 1 THE INCARNATION. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him wa...
the Light for the New Year's Path John 1:1-13 The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen God. God spa...
The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bring...
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Here is drawn the line of distinction between the character of those who from the natural blindness of a fallen state, unawak...
And the light shineth in darkness ,.... Which, through sin, came upon the minds of men; who are naturally in the dark about the nature and perfections of God; about sin, and the consequences of it;...
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Ver. 5. And the light shineth ] The light both of nature and of Scripture. The former is but a dim half-light, a rush cand...
In him Or, through him , as Beza understands it; was life He was the living and powerful Word, which was the source of life to every living creature, as well as of being to all that exists. And...
CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13 , speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning He was there. In person...
The Divinity of Christ. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the b...
The light shineth in darkness: he had said before, that life was in Christ, in him as in the fountain; and the life in him was the light of men, giving light to men. Now this light which was in him...
The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peo...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 1:1 . In the beginning, etc.—ἐν�. The בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang...
comprehended Or, apprehended; literally, "laid not hold of it."
John 1:4-5 I. In Christ was life, and that life was the light of men. We consider these words as marking such a derivation to ourselves of that life, that immortality which was in the Word, as ca...
John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word, Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was metaphorically, «having ne...
John 1:1 . In the beginning was the Word. Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running language of all...
In the beginning was the Word I. THE APOSTLE ASSERTS THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. 1. His name: the Word. (1) He is the chief subject of Revelation--the Word of promise--the substance of all shad...
EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they cannot be referred to the original text. The si...
The Prologue of the Gospel. The introduction:
1 Corinthians 2:14 ; Job 24:13-17 ; John 1:10 ; John 12:36-40 ; John 3:19 ; John 3:20 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 1:29 ; Proverbs 1:30 ; Romans 1:28
Seeing Christ in John John 1:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John. We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth th...
And the light shineth in darkness — Shines even on fallen man; but the darkness — Dark, sinful man, perceiveth it not.