John 12:46
44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
45 And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
47 As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- KJV
- I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
- WEB
- I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
- ASV
- I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
- DARBY
- I am come into the world [as] light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in darkness;
- BLB
- I have come into the world [as] a light, so that everyone believing in Me should not remain in the darkness.
- ÅB
- Jeg er kommet som et lys til verden, for at hver den som tror på meg, ikke skal bli i mørket.
- OTB
- Jeg er kommet til verden som et lys, så ingen som tror på meg skal forbli i mørket.
- B1930
- Jeg er kommet som et lys til verden, forat hver den som tror på mig, ikke skal bli i mørket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 8:12
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Read in contextPsalms 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Read in contextJohn 9:5
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Read in contextIsaiah 42:7
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Read in contextJohn 12:35–36
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Read in contextActs 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Read in contextJohn 3:19
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 1:4–5
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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