King James Version
John 1:9 in the King James Version says “That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” — study this verse from John chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”
John 1:9 · KJV
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Light”
G5457luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
“lighteth”
G5461to shed rays, i.e., to shine or (transitively) to brighten up (literally or figuratively)
“that cometh”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“into”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“the world”
G2889orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
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