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shineth. Greek. phaino. App-106.
darkness = the darkness. Pre supposing the Fall. Gen_3:18.
comprehended it. This is direct from the Vulgate. The Greek kata is so rendered only here. It means, overcame or overpowered Him not. See 1Th_5:4 (overtake). Mar_9:18. Mar_8:3, Mar_8:4 (take); Joh_12:35 (come upon hostilely).
it. Referring grammatically to phos, the light (neuter); but logically to the Word. Quoted by Tatian (AD 150-170), Greekt. ad Graecos, xiii. Note the Figure of speech Parechesis (App-6) in the Aramaic (not in the Greek or English), "darkness comprehended". Aramaean. k'bel kabel.
not. Greek. ou. App-105.