John 1:9-11
King James Version
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 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.
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John 1:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.(A)
10 He was in the world,
and the world came to be through him,
but the world did not know him.
11 He came to what was his own,
but his own people[a] did not accept him.
Footnotes
- 1:11 What was his own…his own people: first a neuter, literally, “his own property/possession” (probably = Israel), then a masculine, “his own people” (the Israelites).
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