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John 12:35 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
John 12:35
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This he said, signifying what death he should die.
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
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.
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
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John 12:1
"Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead."
John 12:2
"There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him."
John 12:3
"Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment."
John 12:4
"Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,"
John 12:5
"Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?"
John 12:6
"This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein."
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