Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
All things, etc.--all things absolutely (as is evident from John 1:10; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16-17; but put beyond question by what follows).
without Him was not any thing--not one thing.
made--brought into being.
that was made--This is a denial of the eternity and non-creation of matter, which was held by the whole thinking world outside of Judaism and Christianity: or rather, its proper creation was never so much as dreamt of save by the children of revealed religion.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Genesis 1:1
Job 28:28
John 1:1
John 1:1
John 1:10-13
1 Corinthians 8:6
Colossians 1:15
Colossians 1:16
Hebrews 1:2
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