John 9:4
Me it behoveth to do the works of Him who sent me, while it is to-day: the night cometh when man cannot work.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
5So long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.
Cross References
Matthew 20:7They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go also you into the vinery, and whatever is suitable you shall receive.
Luke 13:32Jeshu saith to them, Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.
John 5:19BUT Jeshu answered and said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, The Son cannot do any thing from the will of himself, but that which he seeth the Father do.
John 10:32Jeshu saith to them, Many good works from my Father have I showed you: on account of which of these works do you stone me?
John 11:9Jeshu saith to them, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth 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 →