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John 1:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
John 1:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 [a]In it [b]was life, and that life was [c]the light of men.
5 [d]And that light shineth in the wilderness, and the darkness [e]comprehendeth it not.
6 ¶ (A)[f]There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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- John 1:4 That is, by him: and it is spoken after the manner of the Hebrews, meaning thereby that by his force and working power all life cometh to the world.
- John 1:4 To wit, even then, when all things are made by him, for else he would have said, Life is in him, and not life was.
- John 1:4 That force of reason and understanding, which is kindled in our minds to acknowledge him, the author of so great a benefit.
- John 1:5 The light of men is turned into darkness, but yet so that there is clearness enough to make them without excuse.
- John 1:5 They could not perceive nor reach unto it, to receive any light of it, no, they did not so much as acknowledge him.
- John 1:6 There is another more full manifestation of the Son of God, to the consideration whereof men are in good time stirred up, even by John’s voice, who is as it were the herald of Christ.
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