John 9:5
"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
In Context
4"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.
Cross References
Luke 2:32"A light for the unveiling of the Gentiles And the glory of thy people Israel."
John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 12:35"The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Acts 13:47"For such is God’s command to us, saying, "I have set thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation to the uttermost 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 →