Key Verse Spotlight
John 1:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. {comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive}”
John 1:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. {comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive}
There was a man sent from God, whose name {was} John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.
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