Not according to the words of Jesus - John 5:26 For as the...

Not according to the words of Jesus - John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
This life the Father had in himself is clearly shown in John 1:4 In him was life; and that life was the light of men

Hi Wotsup,
John 1:4 is referring to the Son of God

John 1:1 In the beginning the Word was, and the Word was with :God,​

and the Word was God

2 The same was in the beginning with​

:God.

Wotsup the same in verse 2 is the Word was God or God was in the beginning with God
God is plural as in Gen 2: 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness

John 1:3 All things became through him; and without him nothing​

became that had become.

Wotsup this is the Son of God because all things were created through him

Col 1:16 for in him were :all things created, in the heavens

and upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones
or dominions or principalities or powers; :all things have been​

created through him, and unto him;

John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the​

light of :men.

Wotsup once again this is the Son of God. If you do not have the Son you do not have life

1John 5:11 And the witness is this, that :God gave us eternal life,
and this :life is in his :Son. 12 Who hath the Son hath the life;​

who hath not the Son of :God hath not the life.

Wotsup John 1 is all about Jesus the Son of God, the only begotten God
I could go on but you should get the picture but as you referenced John 1:9 let us look at it and verse 10

John 1:9 The true :light was which coming into the world lighteth every
man. 10 He was in the world, and the world became through him,​

and the world knew him not

Wotsup verse 10 says that the world became through him
which is a clear reference to the Son of God, Jesus Christ
It also explains who the true light of verse 9 is