John 1:5 · KJV
“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. {comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive}”
— John 1:5
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
There was a man sent from God, whose name {was} John.
John 1 — Context
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. {comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive}
6There was a man sent from God, whose name {was} John.
7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.
Cross References
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.
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.
John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in {their} knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; {to retain: or, to acknowledge} {a reprobate...: or, a mind void of judgment or, an unapproving mind}
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29-30
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: