And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
And this is the condemnation - emphatically so; revealing the condemnation already existing, and sealing up under it those who will not be delivered from it.
That light, [ to (G3588 ) foos (G5457 ), rather, 'the light'] is come into the world - in the Person of Him to whom Nicodemus was listening.
And men loved [`the'] darkness [ to (G3588 ) skotos (G4655 )] rather than [`the'] light, because their deeds were evil. [On the aorist - eegapeesan (G25) - here, see the note at John 10:4.] The deliberate rejection of Himself was doubtless that to which Jesus here referred, as that which would fearfully reveal men's preference for the darkness.