John 1:5
3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
- KJV
- And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
- WEB
- The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
- ASV
- And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
- DARBY
- And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
- BLB
- And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
- ÅB
- Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket tok ikke imot det.
- OTB
- Lyset skinner så klart i mørket, at mørket ikke kan overvinne det.
- B1930
- Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket tok ikke imot det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:19–20
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
Read in contextJohn 12:36–40
While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Read in contextJob 24:13–17
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Read in contextJohn 1:10
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
Read in contextRomans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Read in contextProverbs 1:22
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Read in contextProverbs 1:29–30
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
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