John 12:46

John 12:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
• New International Version (NIV)I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.

Context of John 12:46

44Jesus said in a loud voice, ‘Anyone who believes in me does not believe only in me. That person believes also in the one who sent me. 45Anyone who looks at me does not see only me. They see also him who sent me. I have come into the world to be a light for people. Everyone who believes in me will not remain in the dark. That is why I came. 47Not everyone who hears my words will obey them. I will not judge anyone who is like that. I did not come to judge the people in the world. I came to save them. 48But there is something that will judge people who refuse to believe in me. Those are people who do not accept my message. The message that I have spoken will itself judge people like that on the last day.

John 12:46 word by word

ἐγὼ φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ μὴ μείνῃ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• am comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• a lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• whosoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• believethπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• shouldμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• notμήmē · notG3361
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• darknessσκοτίαskotia · darknessG4653

Cross-references for John 12:46

• John 12:35Jesus answered, ‘The light will be with you for only a short time longer. So continue to walk while you still have the light. Do that, so that the dark will not come over you. Anyone who walks in the dark does not know where they are going.
• John 1:4It is the Word who caused everything to live. Because of this, he has brought light to all people.
• John 3:19God's Son has brought light into the world. But some people did not love the light. They loved the dark instead. That was because they were doing evil things. That is why God has decided to punish those people.
• John 8:12Jesus spoke to the people again. He said, ‘I am the light of the world. Those people who become my disciples will never walk in the dark. No, they will have the light that gives life.’
• John 9:5While I am still here in the world, I am the world's light.’
• Psalms 36:9Yes, you are the one who gives us light and life.
• Isaiah 40:1Your God says, ‘Comfort my people. Yes, comfort them.
• Malachi 4:2‘But it will be different for you who respect my name. My power to make you well again will come to you. It will be like the sun that rises to shine on you. When that happens, you will be very happy. You will jump up and down like young cows when someone lets them go free.
• Matthew 4:16They are like people who are living in the dark. They live in the shadow which death brings. God will send a light to shine on them.’
• Luke 1:76Zechariah then spoke to John: ‘You, my child, will be called a prophet of the powerful God who is over all. You will go in front of the Lord to prepare a way for him.
• Luke 2:32He will bring light to people so that they can know you. He will show you to those people who are not Jews. He will also show that your people of Israel are very special.’
• Acts 26:18You will help them to understand what is really true. They are like people who live in the dark. Teach them what is true about me. Then they will be like people who live in the light. Now Satan has power over them. Lead them from there into God's kingdom. Then God will forgive them for the wrong things that they have done. Because they believe in me, God will accept them as his own people.” ’
• 1 John 1:1We have an important message to tell you. We want to tell you about the person who was already there before the beginning of the world. We have heard him speak. We have seen him with our own eyes. We watched him and we touched him. He is the Word that gives us life with God.
• 1 John 2:8But there is something new about it. This rule has become true in the way that Christ lived. Now it has also become true in your lives. God's true message has brought light to shine in your lives. You no longer live in the dark where you do bad things.
• Isaiah 42:7You will cause blind people to see. You will cause prisoners to be free. You will bring out into the open people who sit in dark prisons.
• Ephesians 5:14Everything that becomes clear to see is in the light. That is why it says: ‘Wake up, you people who are asleep! Rise up from among the dead people! Then Christ will shine his light on you.’

Commentaries on John 12:46

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 46I am come a light into the world - Probably referring to what his forerunner had said, John 1:5. Before the coming of this Savior, this sun of righteousness, into the world, all was darkness: at his rising the darkness is dispersed; but it only profits those whose eyes are open to receive the rays of this sun of righteousness. See on John 1:5; (note); John 3:19; (note); John 8:12; (note); John 9:5; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 46A light into the world - John 8:12; John 1:9; John 3:19. Walk in darkness - In gross and dangerous errors. Darkness is put for error as well as for sin, John 3:19; 1 John 1:5. It is also used to denote the state when the comforts of religion are withdrawn from the soul, Isaiah 8:22; Joel 2:2; Isaiah 59:9; John 8:12.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 44-50Verses 44-50 Our Lord publicly proclaimed, that every one who believed on him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the Father who sent him. Beholding in Jesus the glory of the Father, we learn to obey, love, and trust in him. By daily looking to Him, who came a Light into the world, we are more and more freed from the darkness of ignorance, error, sin, and misery; we learn that the command of God our Saviour is everlasting life. But…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44-50Jesus makes a final appeal for faith in him. These verses summarize chapters 1–12. The Father sent Jesus, who is the only source of his ministry. Jesus is the light shining in darkness to bring salvation and eternal life to all who believe in him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44-5044-50. Jesus cried--in a loud tone, and with peculiar solemnity. (Compare Joh 7:37). and said, He that believeth on me, &c.--This seems to be a supplementary record of some weighty proclamations, for which there had been found no natural place before, and introduced here as a sort of summary and winding up of His whole testimony.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 12

• 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