John 1:9

9 The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens ^[a] every man.

John 1:9 In-Context

7 He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

8 *He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

9 The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.

10 He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came to his own, and his own received him not;

Footnotes

• [a] Or 'is light to every man.' Not 'enlightens,' but 'sheds its light upon.'