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Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 1:5

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:5 the darkness can never extinguish it: Or the darkness has not understood it; literally the darkness cannot grasp it. The Greek word katalambanō (“grasp”) can mean either “understand” or “be hostile”; in John’s Gospel, it means hostility. The darkness would try to destroy Jesus (the light), but it would fail. The light would successfully bring salvation to the world.
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