John 1:10
8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
9 The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
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Compare
- BSB
- He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
- KJV
- He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
- WEB
- He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.
- ASV
- He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
- DARBY
- He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
- BLB
- He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.
- ÅB
- Han var i verden, og verden er blitt til ved ham, og verden kjente ham ikke.
- OTB
- Han var i verden, og selv om verden ble til ved ham, kjente ikke verden ham.
- B1930
- Han var i verden, og verden er blitt til ved ham, og verden kjente ham ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 17:25
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Read in context1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:8
None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:21
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Read in contextMatthew 11:27
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
Read in contextHebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Read in contextActs 17:24–27
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
Read in contextJohn 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
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