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John 11:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Jesus 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. "

John 11:9

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7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”

8 The disciples asked him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”

9 Jesus 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.

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

11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”

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John 11:1

"Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha."

John 11:2

"It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick."

John 11:3

"The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”"

John 11:4

"But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”"

John 11:5

"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."

John 11:6

"When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was."

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