John 1:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ And [His] light continued to shine, [even] in the darkness [of the world], and that darkness did not overcome Him [or, did not fully understand Him].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

Common English Bible

⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John 1:5 Cross References

Matthew 5:15

Neither does a person light an [olive oil] lamp and place it under a bushel-sized container, but on a stand where it can illuminate everything in the house.

John 1:10

[Actually] He was in the world [already], for the world came into being through Him, but the world did not acknowledge Him.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes [to the truth] so they will turn from darkness to light and from the power [i.e., the influence] of Satan to God. [Then] they can receive the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance [of never ending life], along with [all] those who are set apart [for God] by trusting in Me.’

Romans 1:28

And since these people refused to acknowledge God, He has allowed [or, abandoned] them to have degraded minds and to practice those things which they should not do.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural person [Note: Since this person is contrasted with the spiritual person of verse 15, it is taken here to mean the person without the Holy Spirit] does not receive the things [i.e., truths] revealed by the Holy Spirit of God, because they are [considered] foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them because they must be discerned by using spiritual judgment [i.e., judgment aided by the Holy Spirit].