John 1:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”
John 1:9 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · John 1:913 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on John 1:9
What Light it is to which John bears witness, he shows himself, saying, That was the true Light.
Or thus; Having said above that John had come, and was sent, to bear witness of the Light, lest any from the recent coming of the witness, should infer the same of Him who is witnessed to, the Evangelist takes us back to that existence which is beyond all beginning, saying, That was the true Light.
Let the Manichean blush, who pronounces us the creatures of a dark and malignant creator: for we should never be enlightened, v ere we not the children of the true Light.
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