| John 1:8 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | John was not the light, but he came to declare the truth about the light.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. |
| ASV: | He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. |
| BBE: | He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light. |
| DBY: | He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light. |
| ERV: | He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. |
| WEY: | He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony concerning the Light. |
| WBS: | He was not that Light, but was sent to bear testimony of that Light. |
| WEB: | He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. |
| YLT: | that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light. |
| John 1:8 Cross References |
| XREF: | John 1:20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 1:8 He was not {o} that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.
(o) That light which we spoke of, that is, Christ, who alone can enlighten our darkness. |
| PNT: | 1:8 He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear testimony. An early heretical sect held that John the Baptist was the Messiah. The apostle is explicit, in order to correct this error. |
| MHC: | 1:6-14 John the Baptist came to bear witness concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkness of men's minds, than that when the Light had appeared, there needed a witness to call attention to it. Christ was the true Light; that great Light which deserves to be called so. By his Spirit and grace he enlightens all that are enlightened to salvation; and those that are not enlightened by him, perish in darkness. Christ was in the world when he took our nature upon him, and dwelt among us. The Son of the Highest was here in this lower world. He was in the world, but not of it. He came to save a lost world, because it was a world of his own making. Yet the world knew him not. When he comes as a Judge, the world shall know him. Many say that they are Christ's own, yet do not receive him, because they will not part with their sins, nor have him to reign over them. All the children of God are born again. This new birth is through the word of God as the means, 1Pe 1:23, and by the Spirit of God as the Author. By his Divine presence Christ always was in the world. But now that the fulness of time was come, he was, after another manner, God manifested in the flesh. But observe the beams of his Divine glory, which darted through this veil of flesh. Men discover their weaknesses to those most familiar with them, but it was not so with Christ; those most intimate with him saw most of his glory. Although he was in the form of a servant, as to outward circumstances, yet, in respect of graces, his form was like the Son of God His Divine glory appeared in the holiness of his doctrine, and in his miracles. He was full of grace, fully acceptable to his Father, therefore qualified to plead for us; and full of truth, fully aware of the things he was to reveal. |
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