Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah’s sign of a child called Immanuel, which Christians read as fulfilled in Jesus (Matthew 1:23).
John 1:5
John 1:5
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
The light keeps shining in the dark, and the darkness has not put it out. “Comprehended” can mean grasped or overcome.
KJVJohn 1:5 in context
2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Written by Jesus’ close friend so that readers would believe and have life in His name.
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