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John 1:5-7
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John 1:5-7
New King James Version
5 And (A)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
John’s Witness: The True Light
6 There was a (B)man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a (C)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (D)believe.
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- John 1:5 Or overcome
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5 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)
The Witness of John the Baptist
6 There came a man commissioned and sent from God, whose name was [b]John.(B) 7 This man came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe [in Christ, the Light] through him.
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- John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.
- John 1:6 The births of both John the Baptist and Jesus were foretold by the angel, Gabriel (Luke 1:5-80). This passage is about John the Baptist, the son of Zacharias the priest and his wife, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was related to Mary the mother of Jesus (Luke 1:36). John the Baptist is considered to be the last of the OT prophets, and is not to be confused with John the Apostle who wrote this Gospel, three brief letters (1 John, 2 John, 3 John) and Revelation.
John 1:5-7
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John 1:5-7
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John 1:5-7
King James Version
John 1:5-7
King James Version
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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