John - 12:46 Meaning

“I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”

King James Version (KJV)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:44-50 Our Lord publicly proclaimed, that every one who believed on him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the Father who sent him. Beholding in Jesus the glory of the Father, we learn to obey, love, and trust in him. By daily looking to Him, who came a Light into the world, we are more and more freed from the darkness of ignorance, error, sin, and misery; we learn that the command of God our Saviour is everlasting life. But the same word will seal the condemnation of all who despise it, or neglect it.

“And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.”

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