John 12:35

American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἔτι μικρὸν χρόνον τὸ φῶς μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἐστιν. Περιπατεῖτε ἕως τὸ φῶς ἔχετε, ἵνα μὴ σκοτία ὑμᾶς καταλάβῃ: καὶ ὁ περιπατῶν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει.

Transliteration

Eipen therefore to them the Iēsous, Yet a mikron chronon the phōs with you estin. Peripateite while the phōs you echete, that not skotia you might katalabē; and the one peripatōn in the skotia not oiden where he hypagei.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
• *mikron*: accusative neuter singular - small/little
• *chronon*: accusative masculine singular - time/period
• *phōs*: nominative neuter singular - light
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *Peripateite*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - walk/conduct yourselves
• *echete*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you have/possess
• *skotia*: dative feminine singular - darkness
• *katalabē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might overtake/seize
• *peripatōn*: present active participle, nominative masculine singular - walking/conducting oneself
• *oiden*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - knows/understands
• *hypagei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - goes/departs

Word Meanings

• *Eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *Iēsous*: Jesus
• *mikron*: small/little/brief
• *chronon*: time/period/duration
• *phōs*: light/radiance/illumination
• *estin*: is/exists/is present
• *Peripateite*: walk/conduct yourselves/live
• *echete*: have/possess/hold
• *skotia*: darkness/gloom/absence of light
• *katalabē*: overtake/seize/grasp/overcome
• *peripatōn*: walking/going/conducting oneself
• *oiden*: knows/understands/comprehends
• *hypagei*: goes/departs/proceeds/leaves

Referenced Verses

• John 16:16 : 16 A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.
• John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
• Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
• John 7:33 : 33 Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.
• John 8:12 : 12 Again 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.
• Jer 13:16-17 : 16 Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is taken captive.
• John 11:10 : 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.
• 1 John 1:6-7 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
• John 12:36 : 36 While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.
• John 12:39-40 : 39 For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
• Eph 5:14-15 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee. 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
• 1 Thess 5:5-8 : 5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
• Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened: 8 according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
• Rom 13:12-14 : 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof] .
• 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed [to them] that it is done away in Christ.
• John 1:5-9 : 5 And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light. 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
• John 9:4-5 : 4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• Ps 69:22-28 : 22 Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded. 27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
• Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
• Isa 2:5 : 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
• Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, 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; 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.