John 9:4
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
In Context
5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Cross References
Matthew 20:7They said to him: No man has hired us. He said to them: Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.
Luke 13:32And he said to them: Go and toll that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I finish the work.
John 5:19Then Jesus answered and said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever things he does, these also the Son does in like manner.
John 10:32Jesus answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father: for which of these works do you stone me?
John 11:9Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks during the day, he does not stumble, for he sees the light of this world.
Matthew Henry on John 9:2-8
Sight Given to One Born Blind. 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus… Read the whole commentary →