That doeth ill (ο φαυλα πρασσων). The word φαυλος means first worthless and then wicked (usually so in N.T.) and both senses occur…

That doeth evil. Every wicked man.

Hateth the light. This is true of all wicked men. They choose to practise their deeds o…

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light.—In this and the next verse we have the explanation of the choice of darkn…

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For e…

Alcuin of York: Here is the reason why men did not believe and why they are justly condemned: This is the condemnation, t…

The difference between believers and unbelievers does not lie in the guilt or innocence of either; it lies in the different attitudes they take tow…

For whosoever doeth what is evil. The meaning is, that the light is hateful to them for no other reason than because they are wic…

For every one that does evil, hates the light
Every man, the series of whose life and conversation is evil, hates Ch…

1. Above, the Lord a igned the coming down of the Son and the lifting up of the Son of Man as the cause of spiritual regeneration, and he ex…