John 1:5-6

The Word Became Flesh

⁵ _h The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶ There was a man _i sent from God, whose name was _j John.

1. Cross References
   John 3:19
   And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
   
2. Cross References
   John 1:33
   I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
   John 3:28
   You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.
   Malachi 3:1
   Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 3:1
   In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
   Mark 1:4
   John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
   Luke 3:2
   During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.