Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 1:10

"He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not." — John 1:10 (ASV)

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

This is a sad verse. He was a stranger in his own house. He was unknown amidst his own handiwork. Men whom he had made, made nothing of him.

The world knew him not; did not recognize him.

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Strange was it that the Creator came to his own earth, and yet he was unknown. Men mistook him, they hated him, they crucified him whom they ought to have entertained with sacred hospitality, and worshipped with holy loyalty.

He was in the world, and the world was made by him and the world knew him not.

Oh, what terrible estrangement sin has caused between God and man!

What dreadful ignorance sin has created in the human mind! The world was made by Christ, yet the world knew him not.