John 1

4 In Him was life, and the Life was the Light of mankind.*In what sense can ‘the life’ be ‘the light’? In John 8:12 the Lord said, "I am the Light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of the Life." Only as we participate in the Life that Christ offers do we have access to the Light. Without His Life we walk in the darkness. 5 Now the Light shines in the darkness,*The word here translated ‘darkness’, and another closely related word, are frequently used of both physical and moral/spiritual darkness. The latter is associated with Satan’s kingdom, in fact characterizes it, while the light characterizes Christ’s kingdom. Presumably the "darkness" here is moral/spiritual—Satan’s kingdom. and the darkness has not overcome it.*To this day: in Matthew 5:14 Jesus said to His disciples, "You are the light of the world"—as long as there are followers of Jesus here, there is moral/spiritual light in the world.