John 9:5
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
In Context
4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.
Cross References
Luke 2:32a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 12:35Then Jesus said to them: Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you. For he that walks in the darkness knows not whither he goes.
Acts 13:47For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth.
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 →