"Christ “came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” John 1:11 . The light of God shone into the darkness of the world, and “the darkness comprehended it not.” John 1:5 . But not all were found indifferent to the gift of heaven. The merchantman in the parable represents a class who were sincerely desiring truth. In different nations there were earnest and thoughtful men who had sought in literature and science and the religions of the heathen world for that which they could receive as the soul's treasure. Among the Jews there were those who were seeking for that which they had not. Dissatisfied with a formal religion, they longed for that which was spiritual and uplifting. Christ's chosen disciples belonged to the latter class, Cornelius and the Ethiopian eunuch to the former. They had been longing and praying for light from heaven; and when Christ was revealed to them, they received Him with gladness. COL 116.1"
"He came unto his own, and his own received him not."
Ellen White directly references John 1:11 in this passage.
"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
Ellen White directly references John 1:5 in this passage.