And (A)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overcome

And (A)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]grasp it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overpower

The Light shines on in the [a]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].(A)

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  1. John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.

The light shines in the darkness,(A) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(B)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood

(A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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  1. John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

[a]This was (A)the true Light [b]that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

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  1. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ
  2. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world

There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.(A)

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The true light(A) that gives light to everyone(B) was coming into the world.

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