John 11:10

10 But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

John 11:10 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:10

But if a man walk in the night
After the sun is set, and there is no light in the air and heavens to direct him:

he stumbleth;
at everything that lies in the way,

because there is no light in him;
there being none from above communicated to him. So our Lord suggests, that when the time of his death was come, he should then fall a prey into the hands of his enemies, but till then he should walk safe and secure; nor had he anything to fear from them, and therefore could go into Judea again, with intrepidity and unconcern.

John 11:10 In-Context

8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?"

9 Jesus replied, Are [there] not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks around in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10 But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

11 He said these [things], and after this he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him."

12 So the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."