John 8:12
Again therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more.
13The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself: thy testimony is not true.
Cross References
Job 33:28He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.
Psalms 49:19For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
Isaiah 9:2The people that walked in darkness, have seen a great light: to them that dwelt in the region of the shadow of death, light is risen.
Isaiah 49:6And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.
Isaiah 60:1Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.
Matthew Henry on John 8:2-12
The Woman Taken in Adultery. 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they… Read the whole commentary →