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Joh 3:19. Ἡ κρίσις, the judgment [condemnation]) i.e. the cause of judgment.-τὸ φῶς, the Light) After the mention of life, the mention of light follows, as in ch. 1. The Light, Christ. See what follows. In Joh 3:19, the hypostatical [personal] Light [Jesus Christ, its embodiment] is praised: afterwards, in the latter part of Joh 3:19, in antithesis to darkness, of which there is no hypostasis [personality], and in Joh 3:20-21, the discourse treats of Light indefinitely in the thesis, but so as that, in the hypothesis, it answers chiefly to the hypostatical [personal] Light.-ἠγάπησαν, loved) They did not pay back love for the love on God’s part, Joh 3:16.-μᾶλλον, rather than) The comparison is by no means inappropriate. The loveliness of the light struck them with admiration; but they were held fast in the love of darkness. Comp. Joh 5:35, “He was a burning and a shining light; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.” A similar comparison occurs, ch. Joh 12:43, “For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”-πονηρά, evil [maligna, evil-disposed]) This is indeed worse than φαῦλα, vile [worthless, wrong], Joh 3:20.