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NASB					John 1:5 ^AThe Light⁵⁴⁵⁷ shines⁵³¹⁶ in the darkness⁴⁶⁵³, and the darkness⁴⁶⁵³ did not ¹comprehend²⁶³⁸ it.
AMPLIFIED 2015					John 1:5 The Light shines on in the ¹darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it]. [Gen 1:3]

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Or overpower

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.

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John 3:19 "This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

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2638

katalambanô; from 2596 and 2983; to lay hold of, seize:--attained(1), caught(2), comprehend(2), found(1), laid hold(2), lay hold(1), overtake(2), seizes(1), understand(1), understood(1), win(1).

4653

skotia; from 4655; darkness:--dark(3), darkness(14).

5316

phainô; from a prim. root; to bring to light, to cause to appear:--appear(5), appeared(7), appears(1), became evident(1), become(1), flashes(1), noticed(2), seem(1), seen(2), shine(3), shines(1), shining(4), shown(1), visible(1).

5457

phôs; cont. of phaos (light, daylight); from the same as 5316; light:--fire(1), firelight(1), light(68), lights(2).

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