Passage
John 1.9
Book: John · NASB95
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV (ASV)
7. The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. 8. He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.
9. There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
- He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not. 11. He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. (John 1:7-11, ASV)
WEB (WEB)
7. The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. 8. He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
9. The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
- He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him. 11. He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him. (John 1:7-11, WEB)
KJV (KJV)
7. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
- He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (John 1:7-11, KJV)
YLT (YLT)
7. this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him; 8. that one was not the Light, but, that he might testify about the Light.
9. He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;
- in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him: 11. to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him; (John 1:7-11, YLT)
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Setting
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- Time period: TBD
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
- Anthropology vs Epistemology Priority Objection Defeater
- Argument from Consciousness
- Argument from Reason
- Argument from the Confession-Catharsis Convergence
- 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 Reliability of Reason
- Argument from the Universal Storytelling Convergence, via John 1.1-14
- Epistemology Defeats Christianity Objection Defeater
- Hand of God Argument
- Jesus Has a God Therefore Not God Objection Defeater, via John 1.1-18
- Stealing from God Argument
- Transcendental Argument for God
- 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
- General Revelation
- Incarnation, via John 1.1-18
- 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
- Salvation of the Unevangelized
- Sensus Divinitatis
- 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
- G2889 - kosmos
- 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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