4I 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We have here sight given to a poor beggar that had been blind from his birth. Observe, I. The notice which our Lord Jesus took of the piteous case of this poor blind man (John 9:1): As Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth . The first words seem to refer to the last of the foregoing chapter, and countenance the opinion of those who in the harmony place this story immediately…
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