John 1:9

9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Ver. 9. Which lighteth every man, &c. ] Or, that coming into the world, lighteth every man; all, with the light of reason,Job 35:11; Job 35:11 ; his own, with a supernal and supernatural light (to know heavenly things is to ascend into heaven, Pro 30:3-4 ), an affecting, transforming light, 2 Corinthians 3:18 , such as maketh a man to be a child of light, Ephesians 5:8 ; "partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light,"Colossians 1:12; Colossians 1:12 . Any created understanding at most is but (as Aeschylus saith of fire stolen by Prometheus) παντεχνου πυρος σελας , a beam of that light essential.