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John’s Witness: The True Light

6 There was a aman sent from God, whose name was John.  
7 This man came for a awitness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might bbelieve.  
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that aLight.  
9 aThat1 was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.  
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and athe world did not know Him.  
11 aHe came to His1 own, and His own did not receive Him.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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John 1:8

not that Light—(See on John 5:35). What a testimony to John to have to explain that "he was not that Light!" Yet was he but a foil to set it off, his night-taper dwindling before the Dayspring from on high (John 3:30).



John 1:6-9

The Evangelist here approaches his grand thesis, so paving his way for the full statement of it in John 1:14, that we may be able to bear the bright light of it, and take in its length and breadth and depth and height.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 1:8:

Matthew 5:14
John 1:1
John 8:12

 

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