John 12:46

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγὼ φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ μὴ μείνῃ.

Transliteration

I phōs into the kosmon have elēlytha, that everyone the one pisteuōn in eme in the skotia not may meinē.

Grammar Details

• *phōs*: nominative neuter singular - light
• *kosmon*: accusative masculine singular - world/universe
• *elēlytha*: perfect active indicative, 1st person singular - have come
• *pisteuōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - believing/trusting
• *eme*: accusative 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *skotia*: dative feminine singular - darkness
• *meinē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might remain/abide

Word Meanings

• *phōs*: light/illumination/radiance
• *kosmon*: world/universe/ordered system
• *elēlytha*: have come/arrived/appeared
• *pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith in
• *skotia*: darkness/gloom/absence of light
• *meinē*: might remain/abide/continue/stay

Referenced Verses

• John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not {G3361} walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 9:5 : 5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• John 12:35-36 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.
• Isa 42:7 : 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the {H3608} prison-house.
• John 3:19 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
• Luke 1:76-79 : 76 Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways; 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins, 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us, 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
• John 1:4-5 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
• John 1:9 : 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
• John 9:39 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
• Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
• Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
• Isa 40:1 : 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
• Isa 42:15 : 15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us); 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
• 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
• Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.