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Selected Verse: John 12:46 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 12:46 |
King James |
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A light into the world - Joh 8:12; Joh 1:9; Joh 3:19.
Walk in darkness - In gross and dangerous errors. Darkness is put for error as well as for sin, Joh 3:19; Jo1 1:5. It is also used to denote the state when the comforts of religion are withdrawn from the soul, Isa 8:22; Joe 2:2; Isa 59:9; Joh 8:12. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I am come a light into the world - Probably referring to what his forerunner had said, Joh 1:5. Before the coming of this Savior, this sun of righteousness, into the world, all was darkness: at his rising the darkness is dispersed; but it only profits those whose eyes are open to receive the rays of this sun of righteousness. See on Joh 1:5 (note); Joh 3:19 (note); Joh 8:12 (note); Joh 9:5 (note). |
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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.
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.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.