• John 1:9

    John 1:9

    “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.”                It is really interesting how John distinguishes, here, between the light and the true light. There have been other lights you can consider such as the prophets or even the law given to Moses to be light. John is making sure…

  • John 1:5

    John 1:5

    “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”                There are two competing forces that Johns shows in this verse: the light and the darkness. These have always been commonly known to oppose each other, but what do they represent? The Light we get clues to what it represents in…

  • John 1:4

    John 1:4

    “In him was life, and the life was the light of men”                The previous context for this verse is how Jesus is the creator of all things and how nothing was made without Him. Here, we see the paraphrase of this context “in Him was life.” Reiterating in practical terms the same thing that…

  • Intro to John

    Intro to John

    I will be going through John Verse by verse over the next forseeable future. I want to use this to help people supplement their own scripture reading as I think it is really important that everyone reads the Bible everyday. I will be going through John in the English Standard version for anyone who wants…