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through him was life,
    and this life was the light of the human race;(A)
[a]the light shines in the darkness,(B)
    and the darkness has not overcome it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:5 The ethical dualism of light and darkness is paralleled in intertestamental literature and in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Overcome: “comprehend” is another possible translation, but cf. Jn 12:35; Wis 7:29–30.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.(A)

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That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

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46 I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.(A)

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46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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22 Neither the column of cloud by day nor the column of fire by night ever left its place in front of the people.

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22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

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I, the Lord, have called you for justice,
    I have grasped you by the hand;
I formed you, and set you
    as a covenant for the people,
    a light for the nations,(A)

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I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

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On that day, fresh water will flow from Jerusalem,(A) half to the eastern sea, and half to the western sea. This will be so in summer and in winter.

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And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

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