have "is," which is supported by other evidence, and is not in itself an improbable reading. But the "was" of the first clause of this verse should not be pressed, for we are not quite certain that the original text contained it. The Word was ever life, and from the first existence of any creature became a source of life to others. It places us, then, at the same starting point of time. Was.-This is in the Greek the same verb of existence that we have had in John 1:1-2, and is different from the word in John 1:3. "Life" has here no limitation, and is to be understood in its widest sense the life of the body, even of organisms which we commonly think of as inanimate, the life of the soul, the life of the spirit life in the present, so far as there is communion with the eternal source of life life in the future, when the idea shall be realised and the communion be complete. It is in the Word by original being, while of the highest creature made "in the image of God" we are told that God "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul" ( Genesis 2:7). In him was life, and the life was the light of men,Įllicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) In him was life.-The creation, the calling into existence life in its varied forms, leads up to the source of this life. In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men. In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity. In him was life, and the life was the light of all people. In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. Through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race In Him was life, and the life was the light of men, In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity. The Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to people. He was the source of life, and that life was the light for humanity. Received its life from him, and his life gave light to everyone. In him was The Life and The Life is The Light of men. Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind. In him was life and the life was the light of men. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
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