John 1:5 KJV — MannaFest

John 1:5

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

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ASV

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

WEB

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

YLT

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

DBT

And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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The Word / LogosJohn 1:1–18 — the prologue of the Word.

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13 verses on the floor

John 3:19–20
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
John 12:36–40
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Job 24:13–17
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

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14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. The evangelist designs to bring in John Baptist bearing an honourable testimony to Jesus Christ, Now in these verses, before he does this, I. He gives us some account of the witness he is about to produce.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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