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John 9:5 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 9:5

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Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

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I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

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As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, {anointed...: or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man}

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And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

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