John 9:5

5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 9:5 in Other Translations

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

5 But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”

5 For as long as I am in the world, there is plenty of light. I am the world's Light."

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

John 9:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 9:5

As long as I am in the world
Which had been now two or three and thirty years; but was not to be much longer.

I am the light of the world; (See Gill on John 8:12). Though doubtless he said this with some view to the cure he was about to perform, it being agreeable to his character and work, while he was in the world.

John 9:5 In-Context

3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.

7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

Cross References

• 1. S John 1:4; John 8:12; John 12:46