John 1:9

9. The best commentators render this verse,

That was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlighteneth every man. The true Light In opposition to John, whom some supposed to be the true light; and in opposition to every false light.

Coming into the world For the Evangelist now traces, as before said, the Logos as coming by the incarnation into the living human world.

Every man Every child of Adam. Every human being is endowed by the Logos with a preparatory light, so that he need not be in that darkness which comprehends not the light. (See note on John 1:5.)