Passage
John 1.5
Book: John · NASB95
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV (ASV)
3. All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. 4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
- There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7. The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. (John 1:3-7, ASV)
WEB (WEB)
3. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
- There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7. The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. (John 1:3-7, WEB)
KJV (KJV)
3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive
- There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (John 1:3-7, KJV)
YLT (YLT)
3. all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men,
5. and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
- There came a man, having been sent from God, whose name [is] John, 7. this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him; (John 1:3-7, YLT)
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Setting
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Theological reading
Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.
Key words
Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.
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Quoted in
Arguments and defeaters:
- Anointing Implies Subordination Objection Defeater, via John 1.1-18
- Argument from the Continuance of Being, via John 1.1-18
- Argument from the Costly-Signal Convergence, via John 1.1-18
- Argument from the Observer-Demand Convergence, via John 1.1-18
- Argument from the Pre-Given Logos, via John 1.1-18
- Argument from the Universal Storytelling Convergence, via John 1.1-14
- Jesus Has a God Therefore Not God Objection Defeater, via John 1.1-18
- Trinity Coherence Defense (Latin-Thomist), via John 1.1-18
- Why Didnt Jesus Write Anything Himself Objection Defeater, via John 1.1-14
Concepts:
- Christianity, via John 1.1-14, John 1.1-18
- Christology, via John 1.1-14, John 1.1-18
- Doctrine, via John 1.1-18
- Incarnation, via John 1.1-18
- Isaiah 45.7 I Create Evil, via John 1.4-5
- Islamic Dilemma, via John 1.1-18
- Jesus Said, via John 1.1-14
- Kalimatullah, via John 1.1-18
- Lesson 2.4, Christology in One Lesson, via John 1.1-18
- Logos Christology, via John 1.1-18
- Mathematical Intelligibility of Nature, via John 1.1-18
- Old Testament Christology, via John 1.1-18
- Old Testament Witness to the Deity of Christ, via John 1.1-18
- Tahrif, via John 1.1-18
- Two Powers in Heaven, via John 1.1-18
People:
- Bart Ehrman, via John 1.1-18
- Jesus, via John 1.1-14
- John the Apostle, via John 1.1-18
- Philo of Alexandria, via John 1.1-18
Lexicon:
- G1096 - ginomai, via John 1.1-18
- G2758 - kenoo
- G3004 - lego, via John 1.1-14
- H0001 - ab, via John 1.1-18
Guides:
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Why these four translations
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The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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