John 9:5

John 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• New International Version (NIV)While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
• New King James Version (NKJV)As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Context of John 9:5

3Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. When I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, 7and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

John 9:5 word by word

ὅταν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ὦ, φῶς εἰμι τοῦ κόσμου.Read the interlinear

• Whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457

Cross-references for John 9:5

• John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
• John 8:12Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 12:35Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
• Isaiah 42:6I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• Isaiah 49:6yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
• Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Matthew 4:16The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.
• Luke 2:32A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
• Acts 13:47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
• Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
• Revelation 21:23And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.
• John 9:15Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

Commentaries on John 9:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I am the light of the world - Like the sun, it is my business to dispense light and heat every where; and to neglect no opportunity that may offer to enlighten and save the bodies and souls of men. See John 8:12.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5As long as I am in the world … - As the sun is the natural light of the world, even while it sinks away to the west, so am I, although my days are drawing to a close, the light of the spiritual world. What a sublime description is this! Jesus occupied the same place, filled the same space, shed his beams as far, in the moral world, as the sun does on natural objects; and as all is dark when that sun sinks to the west, so when he withdraws from the souls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5I am the light of the world: See study note on 8:12.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-411-5. as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth--and who "sat begging" (Joh 9:8).Read the comment

Topics related to John 9:5

• Blindness
• Jesus Continued
• Light
• Sabbath
• Siloam
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Anoint
• Ask
• Covenant
• Beg; Beggar; Begging
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of
• Light
• Sabbath

Commentaries on John 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings