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 he came to testify about the Light. 9This was the true Light that, coming into the world, enlightens every person. He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him. 11He came to His own, and His own people did not accept Him. 12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in 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

• He was in the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• cameγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097

Cross-references for John 1:10

• John 1:18No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.
• John 5:17But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”
• Genesis 11:6And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be impossible for them.
• Genesis 16:13Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees me”; for she said, “Have I even seen Him here and lived after He saw me?”
• Genesis 17:1Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.
• Genesis 18:33As soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham the Lord departed, and Abraham returned to his place.
• Exodus 3:4When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”
• Acts 14:17yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
• Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands;
• Hebrews 1:3And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
• John 1:3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
• Jeremiah 10:11This is what you shall say to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
• Hebrews 1:2in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world.
• Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible.
• John 1:5And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.
• John 17:25“Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You 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

In the dictionaries

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• Prefer
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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