Joh 1:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. All things, &c.-- all things absolutely (as is evident from ; ; , ; 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.

‏ John 1:3

3. All things, &c.--all things absolutely (as is evident from Joh 1:10; 1Co 8:6; Col 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.