John 9:4
"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.
Montgomery 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
5"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
Cross References
Matthew 20:7"‘Because no one has hired us,’ they replied. "He said to them, ‘Do you also go into the vineyard.’
Luke 13:32"Go, tell that fox," he answered, "‘Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.’
John 5:19So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.
John 10:32"I have shown you many good deeds from my Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?"
John 11:9Jesus replied. "Are there not twelve hours in the daytime? If any one walks in the daytime he does not stumble, because he beholds 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 →