Joh 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John the Baptist revealed the world's response to the Lord Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry. The light was truly shining in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not. It seems amazing that the religious leaders of the day did not recognize Jesus Christ for whom He was. They had so polluted the law of God that they didn't recognize the appearance of their Messiah. These so-called teachers of the law had taken the law of God and ruined it with their man-made traditions and interpretations. How sad to be in such a dark place and the light is trying to shine, but a decision is made to quench the light.
