He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.{4:00 PM.}

 Here we meet another of John's key-words--darkness (skotos, G4655, skotia, G4653) . This word occurs seven times in the gospel. To John there was a darkness in the world that was as real as the light. 