Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 9:5
I am the light of the world — I teach men inwardly by my Spirit, and outwardly by my preaching, what is the will of God; and I show them, by my example, how they must do it.
I am the light of the world — I teach men inwardly by my Spirit, and outwardly by my preaching, what is the will of God; and I show them, by my example, how they must do it.
Verse John 9:5. _I 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 bod...
AS 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 worl...
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Man Born Blind, Healed. (John 9:1 .)_ 2. The Healed Man Questioned. (John 9:8 .) 3. Reviled and Cast Out. (John 9:27 .) 4. Jesus Reveals Himself to Him. ...
JOHN 9. THE HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND. JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HOSTILITY TO HIS FOLLOWERS. John 9:1. The Miracle. The expression passed by (_cf._ Mark 1:16) does not necessarily connect the...
AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. He was the sun that caused the day of life and hope to the soul. He sheds moral and spiritual light upon the world. It was prophesied that he should give sight to the blind...
As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who was blind from the day of his birth. "Rabbi." his disciples said to him, "who was it who sinned that he was born blind--this man or his parents?" "It was neit...
LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
WORLD. App-129. See note on John 1:9. I AM. See note on John 6:35. LIGHT. Greek. _phos._ See App-130 and note on John 1:4....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
_As long as I am in the world_ Better, WHENSOEVER _I am in the world_; it is not the same construction as -so long as it is day." The Light shines at various times and in various degrees, whether the...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
ὍΤΑΝ ἘΝ Τ. Κ. Ὦ. WHENSOEVER _I am in the world_: distinguish between ἔως ἐστί and ὅταν ὦ. Ὅταν is important; it shews the comprehensiveness of the statement. The Light shines at various times and in v...
Ver 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 answ...
Ώ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, присутствовать. _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) в indef. _temp. прид._, "где бы Я ни присутствовал". Свет должен вести нас через откровение (_см._ John 1:4)....
AS LONG AS I AM IN THE WORLD, &C.— Because our Lord was going to confer sight on a man who was _born blind,_ he thence took occasion to speak of himself, as one appointed to give light likewise to the...
A BLIND MAN HEALED _Text 9:1-12_ 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born b...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN CHAPTER 31 John 9:1-7 Below will be found an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— That there is an intimate connection between John 8 and John 9 is ma...
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. AS LONG AS I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Not as if he would cease, after that, to be so; but that He must make full proo...
1 The sixth sign brings before us Israel's blindness, and the opening of their eyes when they recognize Him as the One Whom God has commissioned, at His return. It anticipates the crisis of His minist...
THE MAN BORN BLIND 1-12. The healing of the man born blind. This miracle occurred on the same day as the events of the last c., i.e. probably on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. It is intende...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS CURES A MAN WHO WAS BLIND SINCE BIRTH 9:1-12 V1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a blind man. The man had bee...
AS LONG AS I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. — Better, _when I am in the world._ The thought is that the two things necessarily co-exist. He is the true Light, and this true Light cannot...
CHAPTER 20 SIGHT GIVEN TO THE BLIND. “And as He passed by, He saw a man blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Rabbi, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he should be born...
_The cure narrated_....
ὅταν … κόσμου. We should have expected ἕως and not ὅταν, and the Vulgate renders “quamdiu”. But the “when” seems to be used to suggest a time when He should not be in the world: “when I am in the worl...
JESUS OPENS BLIND EYES John 9:1-12 At the close of the previous chapter our Lord bore the contradiction of sinners against Himself. The Jews had caught up the stones gathered to repair the Temple, in...
The account of His healing of a blind man follows. Its values are gained very largely in relation to this spirit of opposition which was being exhibited. The case aroused great interest, so much so th...
Thus the day of which I am to avail myself is the time of my mortal life; and the night which is to follow this, is that of my death. (Bible de Vence)...
DAY AND NIGHT John 9:4-5. “ _It behooveth us to work the works of Him that sent us while it is day_; _the night cometh when no one is able to work. While I am in the world_, _I am the Light of the wor...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-41. 1. The miracle recorded in this chapter occurred probably on the same day with the discourses of the closing part of ch. 8, and not improbably (if J...
“ _And in passing, he saw a man blind from birth;_ 2 _and his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?_ 3. _Jesus answered, Neither did...
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. I beg the Reader to pause over these ve...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
5._While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. _I consider this to have been added, by way of anticipation; for it might have been thought strange that Christ should speak of his time of wor...
In chapter 9, we come to the testimony of His works, but as down here as a man in lowliness. It is not the Son of God quickening whom He will as the Father, but by the operation of His grace down here...
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; John 8:12. Though doubtless he said this with some view...
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Ver. 5. _I am the light of the world_] See John 12:46. He is light essential, the Father of lights, the Sun of righteousness; who at his nat...
_As long as I am in the world_ These words show what our Lord meant by _the day_ mentioned in the preceding verse, namely, the time he should be in the world. So long, says he, _I am the light of the...
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD; the spiritual light of the world. This he says with reference to the natural light which he is about to restore to the blind man, and which was a striking symbol of the in...
AS LONG AS I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD....
HEALING OF THE MAN THAT WAS BORN BLIND. The miracle:...
SIGHT RESTORED TO A MAN BORN BLIND (vs.1-12) Now that it has been clearly demonstrated that the Jews were determined to kill Him, this chapter witnesses a wonderful contrast to such hatred in the Lo...
1-7 Christ cured many who were blind by disease or accident; here he cured one born blind. Thus he showed his power to help in the most desperate cases, and the work of his grace upon the souls of si...
Those words, AS LONG AS I AM IN THE WORLD, let us know what our Saviour meant by the DAY, mentioned 1 THESSALONIANS 9:4, viz. the time he should be in the world. Saith he, So long as I am in the world...
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs III What shall all the Gentiles do if ye be darkened in ungodliness? So shall ye bring a curse upon our race for whom came the light of the world, which was gi...
John 9:5 as G3752 am G5600 (G5753) in G1722 world G2889 am G1510 (G5748) light G5457 world G
“It is necessary for us to work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night will come when no one can work. As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world.” Jesus recognised in t...
The conflict of Jesus with the Jews begins to draw to a close. At the last verse of the preceding chapter Jesus had hidden Himself and gone out of the temple, leaving it in possession of those who had...
John 9:5. WHENSOEVER I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. The work of Jesus in the world is to be the world's light. This thought, expressed in words in the last chapter (chap. John 8:12),...
WHEN I AM IN THE WORLD (οταν εν τω κοσμω ω). Indefinite relative clause with οταν and present active subjunctive ω, "whenever I am in the world." The Latin Vulgate renders here οταν by _quamdiu_ so...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
We will first read about one of our Lord's miracles, and then, as many of us will be coming to the communion table, we will read about the Lord's supper. John 9:1. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a ma...
John 9:1. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answere...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answer...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind_ Christ's di...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth._ The man could not see Jesus, but sight came to the man from Jesus. If there are any here who cannot look to Christ as...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answere...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth, And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?_ The proced...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth._ Therefore the man could not see Jesus, but the more important matter was that Christ could see the blind man. And you,...
CONTENTS: Healing of the man born blind. The fault finding of unbelievers. CHARACTERS: Jesus, blind man, disciples, Pharisees, neighbors, Moses. CONCLUSION: The Lord Jesus Christ came into the world,...
John 9:7. _Go, wash in the pool of Siloam._ Some travellers say that this fountain is supplied by conduits from the Gihon, and that the water has a sweet taste. Mr. Biddulph, quoted on John 4:5, says...
I AM THE LIGHT FOR THE WORLD. He opens the blind eyes of both body and spirit! We _see_ Truth, because he gives us light!...
_Who did sin, this man, or his parents?_ WHAT THE MASTER AND WHAT THE DISCIPLES SAW At such a time it was very wonderful that He should see anything but the way out. His life was in peril. The plot w...
_And as Jesus passed by He saw a man which was blind from his birth_ JESUS AND THE BLIND MAN I. CHRONIC BLINDNESS. 1. A type of spiritual need (John 9:1; Ephesians 4:18; 2Co Luke 2:34;...
_As long as I am in the world I am the Light of the world._ --The Word as Light visited men before the Incarnation (John 1:9, etc.; John 5:38; Romans 2:15, etc.); at the Incarnation ...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 9:5 I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. The second of seven “I am” sayings in John 1:1 (see chart)....
CHAPTER 9 VER. 1. _And as Jesus passed by_, &c. Passing through the midst of His enemies and the crowd of the people. This signifies (though some deny it) that this cure took place immediately after C...
_As long as I am in the world_, &c. And therefore I will give light to this blind man, to show that I am the Light of this world....
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 9:1. The connection of this narrative with what precedes and what follows is variously stated. Westcott, _e.g._, supposes that the occurrence took place at the fe...
EXPOSITION These chapters (9. and 10.) bring the conflict with the Jews to a climax before the commencement of the Peraean ministry. They are doubtless closely connected with what has preceded; but th...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the gospel according to John, chapter 9. Jesus had been having a dispute with the Pharisees in the temple at the time of the Feast of the Tabernacles, six months or...
Acts 13:47; Acts 26:18; Acts 26:23; Ephesians 5:14; Isaiah 42:6;...
As long as [ο τ α ν]. More correctly, whensoever. Rev., when. Whether in my incarnation, or before my incarnation, or after it. Compare John 1:4; John 1:10. The light. See on 8 12. The article is want...
THE MAN BLIND FROM BIRTH John 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A strange question. As Jesus passed by He saw a man which was blind from his birth. That doubtless was a common occurrence along most any road...