John 9:5

5 While 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 Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents. This happened so that God's mighty works might be displayed in him.

4 While it's daytime, 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 he said this, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud on the man's eyes.

7 Jesus said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (this word means sent). So the man went away and washed. When he returned, he could see.