John 8:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Πάλιν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς αὐτοῖς ἐλάλησεν, λέγων, Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου: ὁ ἀκολουθῶν ἐμοὶ οὐ μὴ περιπατήσει ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, ἀλλʼ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς.

Transliteration

Palin oun Iēsous to them elalēsen, legōn, I eimi the phōs of the kosmou: the one akolouthōn me ou mē peripatēsei in the skotia, but hexei the phōs of the zōēs.

Grammar Details

• *Palin*: adverb - again/once more
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *elalēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - spoke
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *eimi*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I am
• *phōs*: nominative, neuter, singular - light
• *kosmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of world
• *akolouthōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - following
• *ou mē*: strong double negative - certainly not
• *peripatēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will walk
• *skotia*: dative, feminine, singular - darkness
• *hexei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will have
• *zōēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of life

Word Meanings

• *elalēsen*: spoke/said/talked
• *phōs*: light/illumination
• *kosmou*: world/universe/cosmos
• *akolouthōn*: following/accompanying/adhering to
• *peripatēsei*: will walk/conduct oneself/live
• *skotia*: darkness/gloom/ignorance
• *hexei*: will have/possess/hold
• *zōēs*: life/existence

Referenced Verses

• John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
• John 9:5 : 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
• Matt 5:14 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
• John 3:19 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• John 1:4-9 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• Ps 18:28 : 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
• Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• John 7:17 : 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
• Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
• Job 33:28 : 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
• Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Acts 13:47 : 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
• Acts 26:23 : 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
• Matt 4:14-16 : 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
• Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine 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 prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
• Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
• 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
• Rev 21:24 : 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
• Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
• 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
• Ps 49:19 : 19 He shall go{H8799)} to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see{H8799)} light.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
• Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.