John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Cross-references
John 1:3 states all things were made through the Word — the same claim repeated in John 1:10 before adding the world’s ignorance.
John 1:5 says the darkness did not comprehend the light, mirroring the world's failure to know Christ in John 1:10.
John 1:18 reveals that though the world did not know Him, He made the unseen God known — a contrast to the world's ignorance.
In John 1:26, John the Baptist echoes this – the people do not recognize the One standing among them.
John 17:25 states the world has not known the Father, paralleling John 1:10's claim that the world did not know the Son.
John 8:19 shows Jesus telling the Jews they do not know Him – the same ignorance of the world here.
John 5:17 shows Jesus' divine work as Creator — consistent with John 1:10's claim that the world was made through Him.
1 John 3:1 explicitly ties the world not knowing believers to its not knowing Christ, directly referencing the same concept.
Hebrews 1:3 describes the Son as the exact representation of God who sustains all things — the same Word through whom the world was made in John 1:10.
Hebrews 1:2 explicitly states God made the worlds through His Son, directly affirming Christ as the agent of creation.
1 Corinthians 2:8 says the rulers of this age did not know Christ, otherwise they wouldn't have crucified Him — a specific instance of ignorance.
1 Corinthians 1:21 says the world did not know God through wisdom, paralleling John's statement about the world not knowing Christ.
Paul declares God made the world so that people would seek Him — echoes John 1:10’s statement that the world was made through Him but did not know Him.
Matthew 11:27 reveals that no one knows the Son except the Father, explaining why the world did not know Him.
Isaiah 53:3 foretells the rejection described here – He was despised and not esteemed by men.
Isaiah 53:2 explains why the world did not know Him – His humble, unimpressive appearance made Him easy to overlook.
Moses recognizes God's holiness at the burning bush — a contrast to the world that did not know the Word made through Him.
Jeremiah 10:12 attributes creation to God's power and wisdom, paralleling John's claim that the world was made through the Word.
God bears witness through creation and kindness — the same world made through Christ, yet people still did not recognize Him.
Hagar recognizes God as the One who sees — contrasting with the world made through Him that did not know Him.
Hebrews 11:3 says the worlds were framed by the word of God, echoing the theme of creation through the divine Word.
At Babel, the united world rebels against God — a parallel to the world not recognizing the Creator in John 1:10; both show human rejection.
God reveals Himself to Abram as El Shaddai — a contrast to the world's failure to recognize the Word in John 1:10.