10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and (A)the world did not know Him. 11 (B)He came to His [a]own, and His [b]own did not receive Him.

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  1. John 1:11 His own things or domain
  2. John 1:11 His own people

10 He was in the world, and (A)the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not [a]know Him. 11 He came to His [b]own, and His own people did not [c]accept Him.

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  1. John 1:10 Or acknowledge
  2. John 1:11 Or own things, possessions, domain
  3. John 1:11 Or receive

10 He (Christ) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. 11 He came to that which was His own [that which belonged to Him—His world, His creation, His possession], and those who were His own [people—the Jewish nation] did not receive and welcome Him.

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10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(A) the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(B)

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10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

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And (A)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overcome

And (A)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]grasp it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overpower

The Light shines on in the [a]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].(A)

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  1. John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.

The light shines in the darkness,(A) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(B)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood

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

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(A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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  1. John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

[a]This was (A)the true Light [b]that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

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  1. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ
  2. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world

There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.(A)

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The true light(A) that gives light to everyone(B) was coming into the world.

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

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19 And this is the condemnation, (A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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19 And this is the judgment, that (A)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for (B)their deeds were evil.

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19 This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the [a]darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.(A)

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  1. John 3:19 See note 1:5.

19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B)

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19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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