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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - John 1:9 - 1:9
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lighteth every man, etc. - rather, “which, coming into the world, enlighteneth every man”; or, is “the Light of the world” (Joh 9:5). “Coming into the world” is a superfluous and quite unusual description of “every man”; but it is of all descriptions of Christ amongst the most familiar, especially in the writings of this Evangelist (Joh 12:46; Joh 16:28; Joh 18:37; 1Jo 4:9; 1Ti 1:15, etc.).