John 12:35

KJV

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.

— John 12:35, King James Version
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Jesus' warning 'yet a little while is the light with you' introduces an eschatological urgency into John's narrative immediately after the crowd's messianic acclamation, creating a sharp dissonance between popular expectation and the imminent withdrawal that the passion represents. The light-darkness metaphor is constitutive of Johannine theology (John 1:4–5; 3:19–21; 8:12) and here takes on a temporal dimension: the presence of the Light is limited, and failure to walk in it while available results in darkness overtaking (katalabē) the traveler. The command 'believe in the light that you may become sons of light' (v. 36) applies the eschatological urgency practically, suggesting that faith is the appropriate response to the temporary window of divine presence. The passage belongs to a series of Last Public Discourses in John 12 that function as farewell address before the Passion.

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ASV

Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

YLT

Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

BBE

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

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