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John 1:4 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.John 1:4 · King James Version
John 1:4 in context
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All 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.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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Key words (Strong's)
- lightphōslight, the light, emitted by a lamp, a heavenly light such as surrounds angels when they…G5457 →
- lifezōēlife, the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, every living soul…G2222 →
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Austin says (de Civitate Dei, lib. 10, cap. 29) that his friend Simplicius told him he had heard a Platonic philosopher say that these first verses of St. John's gospel were worthy to be written in letters of gold.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5