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Verse John 1:5. _AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS_] By _darkness_
here may be understood:
1. The heathen world, Ephesians 5:8.
2. The Jewish people.
3. The fallen spirit of man.
_COMPREHENDED IT...
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THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS - Darkness, in the Bible, commonly
denotes ignorance, guilt, or misery. See Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:16;
Acts 26:18;...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word;
His Glory and His Manifestation
-- Chapter 1:1-2:22
CHAPTER 1
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1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
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THE PROLOGUE: See Introduction.
JOHN 1:1. THE WORD IN RELATION TO GOD AND CREATION. The references to
the language and thought of _Genesis 1_ are clear. At the time of
creation, if the phrase may be...
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AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS.
Now the apostle comes more plainly to the thought that Christ is the
light of the world. He is the light that shineth in the darkness, has
shone in it as the Word,...
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THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
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When the world had its beginning, the Word was already there; and the
Word was with God; and the Word was God. This Word was in the
beginning with God. He was the agent through whom all things were
ma...
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SHINETH. Greek. _phaino._ App-106.
DARKNESS. the darkness. Pre supposing the Fall. Genesis 3:18.
COMPREHENDED IT. This is direct from the Vulgate. The Greek _kata is
so_ rendered only here. It means,...
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_shineth_ Note the present tense; the only one in the section. It
brings us down to the Apostle's own day: now, as of old, the Light
shines in reason, in creation, in conscience, and shines in vain. N...
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John 1:1-18. The Prologue or Introduction
That the first eighteen verses are introductory is universally
admitted: commentators are not so unanimous as to the main divisions
of this introduction. A d...
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THE WORD IN HIS OWN NATURE
ἘΝ�. _In the beginning_. The meaning must depend on the context.
In Genesis 1:1 it is an act done ἐν�; here it is a Being existing
ἐν�, and therefore prior to all beginning....
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1–18. The Prologue or Introduction in three parts. 1–5: The Word
in His own nature. 6–13: His Revelation to men and rejection by
them. 14–18: His Revelation of the Father. The three great
characterist...
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ΦΑΊΝΕΙ. The elementary distinction between φαίνειν, ‘to
shine,’ and φαίνεσθαι, ‘to appear,’ is not always
observed by our translators. In Acts 27:20 φαίνειν is
translated like φαίνεσθαι; in Matthew 24...
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VER 5. AND THE LIGHT SHINES IN DARKNESS.
AUG. Whereas that life is the light of men, but foolish hearts cannot
receive that light, being so encumbered with sins that they cannot see
it; for this cause...
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_THE ETERNAL "WORD" OF GOD IS JESUS-- JOHN 1:1-18:_ Jesus is pictured
as "the Word" who was in the beginning with God. "In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....
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AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS;— We have observed in the former
verse, that Christ is the fountain of all spiritual light, so that
nothing can be spiritually discerned but by his Spirit. This light...
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THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF THE WORD DESCRIBED
_Text 1:1-5_
1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God.
2
The same was in the beginning with God.
3
All things wer...
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EXPOSITORY SERMON NO. 1
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST INTERPRETED
John 1:1-18
_Introduction_
I.
TELL BIRTH STORY BRIEFLY (Luke 2:1-52).
A.
John's Prologue gives the definition of Christmas.
B.
Especiall...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 1:1-13
In the last chapter we stated, "Each book of the Bible has a prominent
and dominant theme which is peculiar to itself. Just as each member in
the human bo...
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And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it
not.
AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS - that is, in this dark fallen
world; for though the Life was the light of men," they were...
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As God always was, there is no absolute beginning brought before us in
the Scriptures. Both here and in Gen.11 the article _ the _ is lacking
in the originals, showing that it refers to the commenceme...
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THE DIVINITY AND INCARNATION OF THE WORD. WITNESS OF JOHN. THE FIRST
DISCIPLES
1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was
made man, (3) that He revealed the Father.
This subl...
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This instruction by the Word was hindered by the Fall, which involved
the world in moral and spiritual darkness. AND THE DARKNESS
COMPREHENDED (RV 'apprehended') IT NOT] i.e. the people whose minds
we...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
THE AUTHOR
Most people agree that John, Jesus’ *disciple, wrote the 4th
*Gospel. John’s father was called Zebedee. And John had...
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AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS. — The vision of brightness is
present but for a moment, and passes away before the black reality of
the history of mankind. The description of Paradise occupies but...
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CHAPTER 1
THE INCARNATION.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by Him; and without Him was no...
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CHAPTER 2
RECEPTION CHRIST MET WITH.
John 1:1.
In describing the Word of God, John mentions two attributes of His by
which His relation to men becomes apparent: “All things were made by
Him,” and “t...
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_The Logos described_. The first five verses describe the
pre-existence, the nature, the creative power of the Logos, who in the
succeeding verses is spoken of as entering the world, becoming man,
and...
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καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, “and
the light shineth in the darkness”. Three interpretations are
possible. The words may refer to the incarnate, or to the
pre-incarnate experience of the Logos, or t...
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THE LIGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR'S PATH
John 1:1-13
The titles of our Lord are set forth in royal fashion. As speech
reveals the hidden thoughts of men, so does our Lord utter the unseen
God. God spake and...
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The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the
Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction
to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringi...
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(3) And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness (m)
comprehended it not.
(3) The light of men is turned into darkness, but yet there is enough
clearness so that they are without excuse.
(m)...
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And the light shineth, or did shine, in darkness. Many understand
this, that the light of reason, which God gave to every one, might
have brought them to the knowledge of God by the visible effects of...
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JOHN'S GOSPEL
You observe, thus far, not a word has been said about John's Gospel.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke all wrote historically. Consequently, they go
much together, most felicitously corroborating...
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FIRST SECTION: THE LOGOS. 1:1-14.
It would be difficult not to recognize in these first verses an
allusion to the beginning of Genesis. The first words of the two
writings manifestly correspond with e...
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PROLOGUE: 1:1-18.
EACH evangelist begins his book in a manner appropriate to the aim of
his narrative. Matthew proposes to prove the _right_ of Jesus to the
Messianic throne. He opens his story with H...
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SECOND SECTION: UNBELIEF. 1:5-11.
This Logos, light of the world, appears in the world buried in the
darkness of sin; He is not recognized and is rejected (John 1:5). And
yet God had taken all precaut...
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[See also the "General Considerations on the Prologue" in the comments
of John 1:18.]
VV. 5: “ _And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
apprehended it not._ ”
What, then, is this _dark...
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And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it
not.
Here is drawn the line of distinction between the character of those
who from the natural blindness of a fallen state, unawake...
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The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject
which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the
most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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5._And the light shineth in darkness_. It might be objected, that the
passages of Scripture in which men are called blind are so numerous
and that the blindness for which they are condemned is but too...
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The first chapter asserts what He was before all things, and the
different characters in which He is a blessing to man, being made
flesh. He is, and He is the expression of, the whole mind that
subsis...
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AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS,.... Which, through sin, came upon
the minds of men; who are naturally in the dark about the nature and
perfections of God; about sin, and the consequences of it; abo...
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And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it
not.
Ver. 5. _And the light shineth_] The light both of nature and of
Scripture. The former is but a dim half-light, a rush candle,...
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_In him_ Or, _through him_, as Beza understands it; _was life_ He was
the living and powerful Word, which was the source of life to every
living creature, as well as of being to all that exists. _And...
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SHINETH IN DARKNESS; sheds its rays among the spiritually ignorant,
debased, and wretched.
COMPREHENDED IT NOT; did not understand, and therefore rejected it.
Compare chap John 8:19; John 16:3; MATTHE...
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THE PROLOGUE OF THE GOSPEL.
The introduction:...
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AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDED IT
NOT.
In the beginning, when time began, before anything was formed, when
God made ready to create heaven and earth, Genesis 1:1, whe...
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CHRIST THE LIVING WORD
(vs.1-5)
Revelation 19:13, speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is
called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning
He was there. In person He is...
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1-5 The plainest reason why the Son of God is called the Word, seems
to be, that as our words explain our minds to others, so was the Son
of God sent in order to reveal his Father's mind to the world...
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THE LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS: he had said before, that life was in
Christ, in him as in the fountain; and the life in him was the light
of men, giving light to men. Now this light which was in him ha...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
For, in discoursing of the Saviour and declaring that all things
beyond the Pleroma received form from Him, he says that He is the
fruit of the entire Pleroma. For he...
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John 1:5 And G2532 light G5457 shines G5316 (G5719) in G1722 darkness
G4653 and G2532 darkness G4653 not...
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The content of Jonah's prophecy, which is described in the usual terms
of ‘the word of YHWH', is depicted as being that YHWH wanted the
wickedness of Nineveh to be brought to the attention of its peop...
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THE WORD WAS GOD (JOHN 1:1).
John commences his Gospel by speaking of ‘the Word' (i.e. the One
through Whom God has acted and spoken'), and later he adds, ‘all
things were made by Him' (John 1:3) and...
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‘And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not lay
hold of it.'
John now turns to the purpose of His coming. His first emphasis here
is on the fact that the world is in darkness. It i...
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John 1:5. AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN THE DARKNESS. The darkness here
spoken of is not an original darkness coexistent with created being
(John 1:3). It belongs to the development of thought begun at Joh...
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The Prologue of the Gospel of John stands in the most intimate
connection with the plan and purpose of the Gospel as a whole. It is
not to be regarded as a philosophical speculation to which the
histo...
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SHINETH
(φαινε). Linear present active indicative of φαινω, old verb
from φαω, to shine (φαοσ, φως). "The light keeps on giving
light."IN THE DARKNESS
(εν τη σκοτια). Late word for the common σκοτ...
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COMPREHENDED
Or, apprehended; literally, "laid not hold of it....
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John 1:4
I. In Christ was life, and that life was the _light_of men. We
consider these words as marking such a derivation to ourselves of that
life, that immortality which was in the Word, as can neve...
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John 1:5
In these few and simple words the great Evangelist describes the
agency of Christ in the world. In Him, he tells us, was life; vital
power for time and for eternity, able to quicken and invig...
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John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word,_
Christ the Word has existed from all eternity. He is the eternal Son
of the eternal Father; he is really what Melchisedec was
metaphorically, «having neithe...
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May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them
as we read them!
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._
The divine Logos, whom we know as the Christ of God. «In the
beginn...
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John is the majestic Evangelist; he is the high-soaring eagle with the
piercing eye. His is the Gospel of the Son of God.
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the...
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CONTENTS: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus
announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah,
Pharisees,...
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John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ Εν αρχη ο
λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of
the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running
language of all th...
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AND THE DARKNESS HAS NEVER PUT IT OUT. His light drives away the
darkness of ignorance and error. The darkness cannot extinguish the
light!...
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_In the beginning was the Word_
I.
THE APOSTLE ASSERTS THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.
1. His name: the Word.
(1) He is the chief subject of Revelation--the Word of promise--the
substance of all shadows,...
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_The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not_
HOW DIFFERENT MEN RECEIVE THE LIGHT
1.
Some merely receive it to evidence their own darkness.
2. Some by outward profession m...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:4 The references to LIFE, LIGHT, and DARKNESS
draw on language found in Genesis 1:1 (com
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JOHN 1:1 Prologue: The Incarnate Word. John presents Jesus as the
eternal, preexistent, and now incarnate Word (vv. John 1:1, John
1:14). Jesus is the one-of-
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
ACCORDING TO JOHN.
T
HIS is the title in the Greek and Latin codices. In the Syriac it is
as follows, _The Holy Gospel, the Preaching of Jouchanon_ (John),
_which...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 1:1. IN THE BEGINNING, etc.—ἐν�. The
בְּרֵאשִׁית etc., of Genesis 1 denotes the beginning of
that movement of the divine creative energy from which sprang the
vis...
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EXPOSITION
THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and
ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they
cannot be referred to the original text. The simplest f...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John.
The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It
was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
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1 Corinthians 2:14; Job 24:13; John 1:10; John 12:36; John 3:19;...
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SEEING CHRIST IN JOHN
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is not difficult for us to find the Lord Jesus in the Book of John.
We have always been told that John, by the Holy Ghost, sets forth the
Deity...
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VISIONS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
John 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Four Gospels present the Lord Jesus Christ under four distinct
aspects. The Gospel of John tells us of Christ, in His all-glorious
D...
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And the light shineth in darkness — Shines even on fallen man; but
the darkness — Dark, sinful man, perceiveth it not....