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. It means, overcame or overpowered Him not. See 1 Thessalonians 5:4 (overtake). Mark 9:18; Mark 8:3; Mark 8:4 (take); John 12:35 (come upon hostilely).
it. Referring grammatically to phos, the light (neuter); but logically to the Word. Quoted by Tatian (AD 150-170), Greek t. ad Graecos, xiii. Note the Figure of speech Parechesis (App-6) in the Aramaic (not in the Greek or English), "darkness comprehended". Aramaean. k'bel kabel.
not. Greek. ou. App-105.