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

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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19 And this is the condemnation, (A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For (B)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

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19 And this is the judgment, that (A)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for (B)their deeds were evil. 20 (C)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed.

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19 This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the [a]darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.(A) 20 For every wrongdoer hates the Light, and does not come to the Light [but shrinks from it] for fear that his [sinful, worthless] activities will be exposed and condemned.

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  1. John 3:19 See note 1:5.

19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C)

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19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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