JOHN 12:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
Then Jesus told them, 'You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going — Jesus answers indirectly, using the metaphorical language of light and darkness characteristic of John: He, the light, will soon be removed from them, and darkness (spiritual blindness, death, separation from God) threatens. The exhortation to walk in the light while it remains emphasizes the urgency of belief and discipleship.
Church Fathers on John 12:35
The Jews when they understood that our Lord spoke of His own death, asked how that could be: The people answered Him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abides for ever: and how say you, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? Though our Lord did not call Himself the Son of man here, they remembered that He often called Himself so; as He had just before: The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. They remember this, and ask, If Christ…
Hence we see, that they understood many of the things that He spoke in parables. As He had talked about death a little time before, they saw now what was meant by His being lifted up.
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