John 1:11

George Lamsa Translation

He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
He came to the world that was his own. And his own people did not accept him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He cam amonge his (awne) and his awne receaved him not.

Hebrew Names Version
He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.

International Standard Version
He came to his own creation,possessions">[fn] yet his own people did not receive him.Luke 19:14; Acts 3:26; 13:46;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
He came to His own, and His own people did not accept Him.

New Century Version
He came to the world that was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

Update Bible Version
He came to his own, and those that were his own did not receive him.

Webster's Bible Translation
He came to his own, and his own received him not.

English Standard Version
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.

World English Bible
He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He came to his own, and his own received him not.

Weymouth's New Testament
He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He cam in to his owne thingis, and hise resseyueden hym not.

English Revised Version
He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

Berean Standard Bible
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Contemporary English Version
He came into his own world, but his own nation did not welcome him.

Amplified Bible
He came to that which was His own [that which belonged to Him—His world, His creation, His possession], and those who were His own [people—the Jewish nation] did not receive and welcome Him.

American Standard Version
He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

Bible in Basic English
He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

Complete Jewish Bible
He came to his own homeland, yet his own people did not receive him.

Darby Translation
He came to his own, and his own received him not;

Etheridge Translation
He came to his own, and his own received him not.

Murdock Translation
He came to his own [fn] ; and his own [fn] received him not.

King James Version (1611)
Hee came vnto his owne, and his owne receiued him not.

New Living Translation
He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.

New Life Bible
He came to His own, but His own did not receive Him.

New Revised Standard
He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He came vnto his owne, and his owne receiued him not.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Into his own possessions, he came, and, his own people, received him not home.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He came unto his own: and his own received him not.

Revised Standard Version
He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He came among his owne, and his owne receaued hym not.

Good News Translation
He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him.

Christian Standard Bible®
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.

King James Version
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Lexham English Bible
He came to his own things, and his own people did not receive him.

Literal Translation
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Young's Literal Translation
to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He came in to his awne, and his awne receaued him not.

Mace New Testament (1729)
he came unto his own, and his own received him not.

New English Translation
He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

New King James Version
He came to His own, [fn] and His own [fn] did not receive Him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He rode straight to his people, but they shunned him and turned him away.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
He came to what was His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

Contextual Overview

⁵ And the same light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it. ⁶ There was a man, sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness to testify concerning the light, so that every man might believe by means of him. ⁸ He was not the light, but to testify concerning the light. ⁹ He was the true light, which lighteth every man who came into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was under his hand, and yet the world knew him not. ¹¹ He came to his own, and his own did not receive him. ¹² But those who received him, to them he gave power to become sons of God, especially to those who believed in his name; ¹³ Those who are not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but born of God. ¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, a glory like that of the firstborn of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

came: Matthew 15:24, Acts 3:25, Acts 3:26, Acts 13:26, Acts 13:26, Acts 13:46, Romans 9:1, Romans 9:5, Romans 15:8, Galatians 4:4

and: John 3:32, Isaiah 53:2, Isaiah 53:3, Luke 19:14, Luke 20:13-15, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52

Reciprocal: Psalms 69:8 - become Isaiah 49:4 - I have laboured Isaiah 50:2 - when I came Isaiah 65:12 - because Jeremiah 3:19 - put thee Matthew 13:23 - good Matthew 13:54 - when Matthew 17:12 - and they Luke 14:18 - all Luke 17:25 - rejected John 1:26 - whom John 3:11 - ye John 5:38 - for John 5:40 - ye will not John 7:5 - General John 12:37 - General John 19:27 - his Acts 4:27 - the people Acts 21:6 - they

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters that are under the sky be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.

Genesis 1:16
And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the smaller light to rule the night; and the stars also.

Genesis 1:17
And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of the heaven.

Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree which bears fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

Genesis 2:5
And all the trees of the field were not yet in the ground, and every herb of the field had not yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:16
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He came unto his own,.... Not all the world, who are his own by right of creation; for these, his own, are opposed to the world, and distinguished from them; and his coming to them designs some particular favour, which is not vouchsafed to all: nor yet are the elect of God intended; though they are Christ's own, in a very special sense; they are his by his own choice, by his Father's gift, by his own purchase, and through the conquest of his grace, and are the objects of his special love; and for their sake he came in the flesh, and to them he comes in a spiritual way, and to them will he appear a second time at the last day unto salvation: but they cannot be meant, because when he comes to them they receive him; whereas these did not, as the next clause affirms: but by his own are meant the whole body of the Jewish nation; so called, because they were chosen by the Lord above all people; had distinguishing favours bestowed upon them, as the adoption, the covenants, the promises, the giving of the law, and the service of God; and had the Shekinah, and the symbol of the divine presence in a remarkable manner among them; and the promise of the Messiah was in a particular manner made to them; and indeed, he was to be born of them, so that they were his kindred, his people, and his own nation: and this his coming to them is to be understood not of his incarnation; though when he came in the flesh, as he came of them, so he came to them, particularly being sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and was rejected by them as the Messiah; yet his incarnation is afterwards spoken of in John 1:14 as a new and distinct thing from this; and to understand it of some coming of his before his incarnation, best suits with the context, and the design of the evangelist. Now Christ, the word, came to the Jews before his incarnation, not only in types, personal and real, and in promises and prophecies, and in the word and ordinances, but in person; as to Moses in the bush, and gave orders to deliver the children of Israel out of Egypt: he came and redeemed them himself with a mighty hand, and a outstretched arm; in his love and pity he led them through the Red Sea as on dry ground; and through the wilderness in a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night; and he appeared to them at Mount Sinai, who gave unto them the lively oracles of God:

and his own received him not; they did not believe in him, nor obey his voice; they rebelled against him, and tempted him often, particularly at Massah and Meribah; they provoked trim to anger, and vexed, and grieved his holy Spirit, as they afterwards slighted and despised his Gospel by the prophets. Of this nonreception of the word by the Jews, and their punishment for it, the Targumist on Hosea 9:17 thus speaks:

"my God will remove them far away, because, למימריה

לא קבילו, "they receive not his word"; and they shall wander among the people.''

And so they treated this same "Logos", or word of God, when he was made flesh, and dwelt among them. Somewhat remarkable is the following discourse of some Jews among themselves e:

"when the word of God comes, who is his messenger, we shall honour him. Says R. Saul, did not the prophets come, and we slew them, and shed their blood? (compare this with

Matthew 23:30.) how therefore now, נקבל מדברו, "shall we receive his word?" or wherefore shall we believe? Says R. Samuel, the Levite, to him, because he will heal them, and deliver them from their destructions; and because of these signs we shall believe him, and honour him.''

But they did not.

e Ben Arama in Gen. xlvii. 4. apud Galatin. de Arcan. Cathol. Ver. l. 3. c. 5,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He came unto his own - His own “land” or “country.” It was called his land because it was the place of his birth, and also because it was the chosen land where God delighted to dwell and to manifest his favor. See Isaiah 5:1-7. Over that land the laws of God had been extended, and that land had been regarded as especially his, Psalms 147:19-20.

His own - His own “people.” There is a distinction here in the original words which is not preserved in the translation. It may be thus expressed: “He came to his own land, and his own people received him not.” They were his people, because God had chosen them to be his above all other nations; had given to them his laws; and had signally protected and favored them, Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2.

Received him not - Did not acknowledge him to be the Messiah. They rejected him and put him to death, agreeably to the prophecy, Isaiah 53:3-4. From this we learn,

1. That it is reasonable to expect that those who have been especially favored should welcome the message of God. God had a right to expect, after all that had been done for the Jews, that they would receive the message of eternal life. So he has a right to expect that we should embrace him and be saved.
2. Yet, it is not the abundance of mercies that incline men to seek God. The Jews had been signally favored, but they rejected him. So, many in Christian lands live and die rejecting the Lord Jesus.
3. People are alike in every age. All would reject the Saviour if left to themselves. All people are by nature wicked. There is no more certain and universal proof of this than the universal rejection of the Lord Jesus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 1:11. He came unto his own — τα ιδια - to those of his own family, city, country:-and his own people, οιιδιοι-his own citizens, brethren, subjects.

The Septuagint, Josephus, and Arrian, use these words, τα ιδιοι and οι ιδιοι, in the different senses given them above.

Received him not. — Would not acknowledge him as the Messiah, nor believe in him for salvation.

How very similar to this are the words of Creeshna, (an incarnation of the Supreme Being, according to the theology of the ancient Hindoos!) Addressing one of his disciples, he says: "The foolish, being unacquainted with my supreme and divine nature, as Lord of all things, despise me in this human form; trusting to the evil, diabolic, and deceitful principle within them. They are of vain hope, of vain endeavours, of vain wisdom, and void of reason; whilst men of great minds, trusting to their divine natures, discover that I am before all things, and incorruptible, and serve me with their hearts undiverted by other beings." See Bhagvat Geeta, p. 79.

To receive Christ is to acknowledge him as the promised Messiah; to believe in him as the victim that bears away the sin of the world; to obey his Gospel, and to become a partaker of his holiness, without which no man, on the Gospel plan, can ever see God.