John 9:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'
  • John 12:46 : 46 I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;
  • John 1:4-9 : 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men, 5 and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it. 6 There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John, 7 this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him; 8 that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light. 9 He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;
  • John 3:19-21 : 19 `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; 20 for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected; 21 but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth; 36 while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations. 7 To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. 2 For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen. 3 And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness -- and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, to turn `them' from darkness to light, and `from' the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that `is' toward me.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it `is' the Lamb;
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:12-14
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    12Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

    13The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'

    14Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

  • John 9:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3Jesus answered, `Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;

    4it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

  • John 12:45-47
    3 verses
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    45and he who is beholding me, doth behold Him who sent me;

    46I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;

    47and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I -- I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

  • John 11:9-10
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    9Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

    10and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

  • John 9:6
    76%

    6These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,

  • John 1:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light.

    9He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    35Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

    36while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

  • John 5:35-36
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    76%

    35he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.

    36`But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

  • John 9:39
    74%

    39And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

    15nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

    16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

  • John 8:23
    73%

    23and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;

  • John 9:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

    15Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, `Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash -- and I see.'

  • John 9:9-12
    4 verses
    71%

    9others said -- `This is he;' and others -- `He is like to him;' he himself said, -- `I am `he'.'

    10They said, therefore, to him, `How were thine eyes opened?'

    11he answered and said, `A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;'

    12they said, therefore, to him, `Where is that one?' he saith, `I have not known.'

  • John 9:25
    71%

    25he answered, therefore, and said, `If he be a sinner -- I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.'

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put `it' in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

    34`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

    35take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

    36if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

  • John 9:1
    70%

    1And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,

  • John 8:28
    70%

    28Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am `he'; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;

  • John 8:26
    70%

    26many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.'

  • John 14:19
    69%

    19yet a little, and the world doth no more behold me, and ye behold me, because I live, and ye shall live;

  • John 9:30
    69%

    30The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!

  • John 6:48
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    48I am the bread of the life;

  • John 1:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

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

    5and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

  • John 16:28
    69%

    28I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

  • John 5:17
    69%

    17And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

  • Matt 6:22
    68%

    22`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

  • John 17:18
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    18as Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world;

  • John 9:32
    68%

    32from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;

  • John 9:41
    68%

    41Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

  • John 14:10
    68%

    10Believest thou not that I `am' in the Father, and the Father is in me? the sayings that I speak to you, from myself I speak not, and the Father who is abiding in me, Himself doth the works;

  • John 3:21
    68%

    21but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

  • John 4:26
    68%

    26Jesus saith to her, `I am `he', who am speaking to thee.'