John 1:6 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

John 1:4 In him was life: and the life was the light of men.

John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 1:7 This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.

John 1:8 He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sent", "whose", "name", and "john". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sent" and "whose", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And the light shineth in darkness and..." into verse 7's "This man came for a witness to...", so "sent" and "whose" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sent" and "whose" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.