John 8:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

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  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
  • John 9:5 : 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
  • John 3:19 : 19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
  • John 1:4-9 : 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it. 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
  • Ps 18:28 : 28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dawn from on high will visit us, 79 To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace."
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you. 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. 3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, That you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
  • Matt 4:14-16 : 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 16 The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, To those who sat in the region and shadow of death, To them light has dawned."
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of your people Israel."
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you 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 those who 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 driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
  • Rev 21:24 : 24 The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus{Tartarus is another name for Hell}, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved to judgment;
  • Ps 49:19 : 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the earth."
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 Angels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

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    4I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

    5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

  • John 12:45-47
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    45He who sees me sees him who sent me.

    46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

    47If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

  • John 11:9-10
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    9Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

    10But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."

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    11She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."

  • John 8:13-14
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    13The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

    14Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

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    8He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

    9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

  • John 5:35
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    35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

  • John 8:21
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    21Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

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    6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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    35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

    36If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

  • John 8:23-26
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    23He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

    25They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

    26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

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    4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

    5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.

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    19This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

    15Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

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    48I am the bread of life.

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    28Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

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    8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.

  • John 3:21
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    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

  • Luke 11:33
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    33"No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

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    26Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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  • John 6:35
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    35Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

  • Matt 4:16
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    16The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, To those who sat in the region and shadow of death, To them light has dawned."

  • John 9:39
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    39Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

  • John 14:19
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    19Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

  • John 1:37
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    37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

  • Luke 8:16
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    16"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

  • John 8:51
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    51Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."