Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn`t in him."
Verse Takeaways
1
Trusting God's Timing
Commentators explain that Jesus uses this analogy to express trust in God's appointed timeline. Just as a traveler has twelve hours of daylight, Jesus had an allotted time to complete his work and would not be harmed before it was finished. Scholars apply this to believers: we can courageously follow God's will, even in dangerous situations, trusting that our lives are secure in His hands until our work is done.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
John
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
9
18th Century
Presbyterian
Twelve hours. The Jews divided the day from sunrise to sunset into twelve equal parts. Our Savior uses a similar illustration in John 9:4-…
But if a man walk in the night (εαν δε τις περιπατη εν τη νυκτ). Third condition again. It is spiritual darkness that Jesus here p…
19th Century
Anglican
But if a man walk in the night . . .—He passes in this verse from the material to the spiritual truth. This first clause …
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
Baptist
If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because t…
Jesus countered the disciples’ objection with this most enigmatic statement. That expression may have been a current proverb, perhaps similar to hi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But if a man walk in the night After the sun is set, and there is no light in the air and heavens to direct him:
Get curated content & updates
Christ never brings His people into any danger without going with them in it. We are inclined to think ourselves zealous for the Lord when, in real…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Evangelist presents the raising of the dead Lazarus.
First, we see that Christ desired to do this. Second, the sequence of events s…