Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
He (ekeinov). "That one," i.e. John. He was a light (John 5:35) as all believers are (Matthew 5:14), but not "the light" (to fwv).
But came (all). No verb in the Greek, to be supplied by repeating hlqen of verse John 1:7. See similar ellipses in John 9:3; John 13:18; John 15:25. In Johannine fashion we have the final ina clause of verse John 1:7 repeated.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 1:8:
John 1:33
John 5:35
John 7:11
1 John 1:5
1 John 2:8
1 John 2:19
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