A city that is situated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do they light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house.
John 1:5 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 And the light shineth in darkness, but the darkness perceived it not. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. Common English Bible The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light. Catholic Public Domain Version And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. |
A city that is situated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do they light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him; yet the world knew him not.
and the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee, To open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; that they may receive through faith which is in me, forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified.
And as they were not careful to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind, to do things not expedient, Filled with all injustice, maliciousness, covetousness, wickedness:
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit; for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.