Bible Strands
John 1:10
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator (John) addresses the reader in the prologue, between the Light's arrival (v. 9) and His rejection by His own (v. 11).
The words — δι᾽ (di') = "through," the preposition that ties the world's origin to the Word; the same kosmos (κῶμος) that was made through Him is the kosmos that did not recognize Him.
The thread — The same failure to know runs through John 17:25 ("the world has not known You") and 1 Corinthians 2:8 ("none of the rulers of this age understood it").
Why it lands — The verse places the reader inside the kosmos that failed to recognize its Maker; the question is whether that failure is still yours.
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The Greek words
King James Version
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Cross-references
- John 17:25 Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
- 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
- 1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
- 1 Corinthians 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
- Matthew 11:27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
- Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
- John 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- Hebrews 1:2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
- John 1:5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.