John 1:10

John 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
• New International Version (NIV)He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

Context of John 1:10

8He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light. 9The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man. He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not. 11He came to his own, and his own received him not; 12but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;

John 1:10 word by word

ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.Read the interlinear

• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• knewγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097

Cross-references for John 1:10

• John 1:18No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
• John 5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.
• Genesis 11:6And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
• Genesis 16:13And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the God who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself.
• Genesis 17:1And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty God: walk before my face, and be perfect.
• Genesis 18:33And Jehovah went away when he had ended speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
• Exodus 3:4And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I.
• Acts 14:17though indeed he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving to you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
• Acts 17:24The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
• Hebrews 1:3who being [the] effulgence of his glory and [the] expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
• John 1:3All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
• Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
• Hebrews 1:2at the end of these days has spoken to us in [the person of the] Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Hebrews 11:3By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by [the] word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.
• John 1:5And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
• John 17:25Righteous Father, — and the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Commentaries on John 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He was in the world - From its very commencement - he governed the universe - regulated his Church - spake by his prophets - and often, as the angel or messenger of Jehovah, appeared to them, and to the patriarchs. The world knew him not - - Did not acknowledge him; for the Jewish rulers knew well enough that he was a teacher come from God; but they did not choose to acknowledge him as such. Men love the world, and this love hinders them from knowing him…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He was in the world - This refers, probably, not to his pre-existence, but to the fact that he became incarnate; that he dwelt among human beings. And the world was made by him - This is a repetition of what is said in John 1:3. Not only “men,” but all material things, were made by him. These facts are mentioned here to make what is said immediately after more striking, to wit, that men did not receive him. The proofs which he furnished that they ought to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The world does not recognize the true light, even when meeting its Creator. The world lives in rebellion, loving darkness more than light (3:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. He was in the world, &c.--The language here is nearly as wonderful as the thought. Observe its compact simplicity, its sonorousness--"the world" resounding in each of its three members--and the enigmatic form in which it is couched, startling the reader and setting his ingenuity a-working to solve the stupendous enigma of Christ ignored in His own world. "The world," in the first two clauses, plainly means the created world, into which He came…Read the comment

Topics related to John 1:10

• Blindness
• Depravity of Man
• Earth
• Jesus, the Christ
• Power
• Unbelief

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Commentaries on John 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings