John 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:5

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Interrogation of Job and David 1.3.6 (397)

The person who supposes that he is protected by the darkness is vain, since he cannot escape the light that shines in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not. Accordingly, he is discovered like a fugitive and a wicked hireling and is recognized before he can conceal himself. For all things are known to the Lord before he seeks them out, not only past events but also those that are to come.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The light shineth in darkness - Darkness, in the Bible, commonly denotes ignorance, guilt, or misery. See Isa 9:1-2; Mat 4:16; Act 26:18; Eph 5:8, Eph 5:11; Rom 13:12. It refers here to a wicked and ignorant people. When it is said that “the light shineth in darkness,” it is meant that the Lord Jesus came to teach an ignorant, benighted, and wicked world. This has always been the case. It was so when he sent his prophets; so during his own ministry; and so in every age since.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
φῶς	phōs	Light	G5457 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
σκοτίᾳ	skotia	darkness	G4653 →
φαίνει,	phainei	shines,	G5316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
σκοτία	skotia	darkness	G4653 →
αὐτὸ	auto	it	G846 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
κατέλαβεν.¶	katelaben	grasped [it].	G2638 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:18
  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- Romans 8:5–8
  Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- Matthew 13:11–17
  He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- 1 John 2:27
  And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
Through
John 1:10
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
leads to
- John 17:25
  Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
- 1 John 3:1
  Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…
- 1 Corinthians 2:8
  None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.