John 9:5
As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
In Context
4We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
6Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
Cross References
Luke 2:32A Light to bring light to the Gentiles, And to be the Glory of thy people Israel.”
John 3:19The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.
John 12:35“Only a little while longer,” answered Jesus, “will you have the Light among you. Travel on while you have the Light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Acts 13:47For this is the Lord’s command to us — ‘I have destined thee for a Light to the Gentiles, A means of Salvation to the ends 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 →