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John 12:46

John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He that rejecteth me,.... As the Messiah, with abhorrence and contempt, as many among the Jews did, who would not have him to reign over them, but sought to put him to death:

and receiveth not my…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

A light into the world - Joh 8:12; Joh 1:9; Joh 3:19. Walk in darkness - In gross and dangerous errors. Darkness is put for error as well as for sin, Joh 3:19; 1Jo 1:5. It is also used to denote the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I am come a light into the world - Probably referring to what his forerunner had said, Joh 1:5. Before the coming of this Savior, this sun of righteousness, into the world, all was darkness: at his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 12:44-50

We have here the honour Christ not assumed, but asserted, to himself, in the account he gave of his mission and his errand into the world. Probably this discourse was not at the same time with that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I am come Emphatic; -I and none other." Comp. Joh 12:35-36; Joh 8:12; Joh 9:5.

abide in darkness Till the Light comes, all are in darkness; the question remains whether they will remain so afterthe…