English Standard Version
John 1:11
11He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
John 1:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
- New International Version (NIV)He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.
Context of John 1:11
9The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
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εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθεν, καὶ οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 1:11
- Matthew 15:24He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
- Acts 3:25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'
- Acts 13:26"Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
- Romans 9:1I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—
- Romans 15:8For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
- Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
- John 3:32He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
- Isaiah 53:2For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
- Luke 20:13Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'
- Acts 7:51"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
Commentaries on John 1:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He came unto his own - - to those of his own family, city, country: - and his own people, ̔ - his own citizens, brethren, subjects. The Septuagint, Josephus, and Arrian, use these words, and ̔ , in the different senses given them above. Received him not - Would not acknowledge him as the Messiah, nor believe in him for salvation. How very similar to this are the words of Creeshna, (an incarnation of the Supreme Being, according to the theology of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He came unto his own - His own “land” or “country.” It was called his land because it was the place of his birth, and also because it was the chosen land where God delighted to dwell and to manifest his favor. See Isaiah 5:1-7. Over that land the laws of God had been extended, and that land had been regarded as especially his, Psalm 147:19-20. His own - His own “people.” There is a distinction here in the original words which is not preserved in the…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. 1-18The start of this introduction might be a poem or hymn sung by early Christians (1:1–5). The themes of this introduction of the Gospel of John prepare readers for the story that follows: The arrival of the light in the world. The rejection of the light. The gift of new life given by the light to those who believed in him.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
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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
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