JOHN 11:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.”
Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world's light — Jesus responds with a saying about daylight and stumbling that uses light imagery characteristic of John's theology. Those who walk during the day (the time of Jesus' earthly ministry, the time of divine revelation) will see clearly and not stumble. This is not merely practical advice about traveling safely but theological: the presence of divine light prevents stumbling in the spiritual sense.
Church Fathers on John 11:9
Our Lord heard of the sickness of Lazarus, but suffered four days to pass before He cured it; that the recovery might be a more wonderful one. When He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the place where He was.
To give time for his death and burial, that they might say, he stinks, and none doubt that it was death, and not a trance, from which he was raised.
Where He had just escaped being stoned; for this was the cause of His leaving. He left indeed as man: He left in weakness, but He returns in power.
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