요한복음 1:4-5 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-4

(2) The creation of all things through the Logos, as the instrument of the eternal counsel and activity of God. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-5

Jesus Christ in relation to creation. The apostle next shows the relation between the finite and the infinite, the Divine and the human. I. THE WORD MADE FLESH . "All things were made by him." Therefore he must be God. "He that built all things is God" ( Hebrews 3:4 ). This creation has a double aspect. 1 . He made the worlds, tie made matter. 2 . He made man, who is the crown of creation; for "in him was life." II. THE WORD IS THE LIFE OF THE WORLD... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

(a) The Life, and therefore inclusive of the fact that the Logos always has been and now is (b) the Light of men. In him was £ life . "Life" in all its fulness of meaning—that grand addition to things which confers upon them all their significance for men. There is one impassable chasm which neither history, nor science, nor philosophy can span, viz. that between nothing and something. The evangelist has found the only possible method of facing it—by the conception of One who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

The life that gives light to men. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth:" so runs the first verse of the Book of Genesis. "In the beginning was the Word:" so runs the first verse in the Gospel of John. This resemblance prompts us to look for other resemblances. "God said, Let there be light: and there was light:" so runs the third verse of the Book of Genesis. And then we perceive that John, correspondingly, would lead his readers to think of the greatest of all lights... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:5

(3) The antagonism between light and darkness. The highest manifestation and proof of the following statement will be found in that great entrance of the Eternal Logos into human life which will shed the most complete ray of Divine light upon men; but before that great event, during its occurrence, and ever since, i.e. throughout all times and nations, the light shineth in the darkness. Many expositors, like Godet, after long wavering and pondering, resolve this expression into a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:4

In him was life - The evangelist had just affirmed John 5:3 that by the λόγος Logos or “Word” the world was originally created. One part of that creation consisted “in breathing into man the breath of life,” Genesis 2:7. God is declared to be “life,” or the “living” God, because he is the source or fountain of life. This attribute is here ascribed to Jesus Christ. He not merely made the material worlds, but he also gave “life.” He was the agent by which the vegetable world became animated; by... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:5

The light shineth in darkness - Darkness, in the Bible, commonly denotes ignorance, guilt, or misery. See Isaiah 9:1-2; Matthew 4:16; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 5:8, Ephesians 5:11; Romans 13:12. It refers here to a wicked and ignorant people. When it is said that “the light shineth in darkness,” it is meant that the Lord Jesus came to teach an ignorant, benighted, and wicked world. This has always been the case. It was so when he sent his prophets; so during his own ministry; and so in every age... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 1:4-5

John 1:4-5. In him Or, through him, as Beza understands it; was life He was the living and powerful Word, which was the source of life to every living creature, as well as of being to all that exists. And the life was the light of men He, who is essential life, and the author of life to all that live, was also the fountain of wisdom, holiness, and happiness to man in his original state. And the light shineth in darkness Namely, in the darkness, or amid the ignorance and folly,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 1:1-18

JESUS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY14. The eternal Word (John 1:1-18)To Israelites of Old Testament times, God’s word was more than something merely written down or spoken out. It was something active, so that when God expressed his will, that will was carried out. God spoke, and it was done (Genesis 1:3; Psalms 33:9; Isaiah 55:10-11). By his active word, God created the universe (Genesis 1:6,Genesis 1:9,Genesis 1:14; Psalms 33:6). God’s word had such life and power that people thought of it almost as if... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 1:4

life . Greek. zoe. App-170 .: i.e. the fountain of life. Hence 1Jn 5:11 , 1 John 5:12 , and Psalms 36:8 , manifested (John 1:4 ); obtained (John 3:16 ); possessed (John 4:14 ); sustained (John 6:35 ); ministered (John 7:38 ); abounding (John 10:10 ); resurrection (John 11:24 , John 11:25 ). A characteristic word of this Gospel. See note on p. 1511. the light. Not a light. Compare John 8:12 . Greek phos. App-130 . A characteristic word of this Gospel. See note on p. 1511. men . Greek.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 1:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 1:4-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 1:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 1:4

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