“And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”
'John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. — John the Baptist is a lamp (luchnos), suggesting derivative light. The Jews chose temporarily (horan) to enjoy his light, suggesting they could have believed through John but failed to persist. The light-darkness motif is characteristic Johannine symbolism.
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