John 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

John 1:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:20
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
John 3:28
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Acts 19:4
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-14)

The evangelist designs to bring in John Baptist bearing an honourable testimony to Jesus Christ, Now in these verses, before he does this, I. He gives us some account of the witness he is about to produce. His name was John, which signifies gracious; his conversation was austere, but he was not the less gracious. Now, 1. We are here told concerning him, in general, that he was a man sent of God. T…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

6-9. The Evangelist here approaches his grand thesis, so paving his way for the full statement of it in Joh 1:14, that we may be able to bear the bright light of it, and take in its length and breadth and depth and height.