John 11:10 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:10

But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

KJV

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

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Commentary

5 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

HOMILY ON THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS (373)

Consider what I have said, that the Light is Christ. Everyone who will walk in his commandments will not be laid hold of by evil. These twelve hours that are in the day are the twelve apostles. The devil … is compared with the night. He who walks in the will of the devil will stumble because he does not have the light of Christ.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Bonaventure

Commentary on John, Chapter 11 (1257)

But if he walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him; Matthew 15: "If the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit"; on account of which it is said below in chapter 12: "Walk while you have the …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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: he stumbleth; at everything that lies in the way, because there is no light in him; there being none from above communicated to him.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He has not a good principle within; he is not sincere; his eye is evil. Thus Christ not only justifies his purpose of going into Judea, but encourages his disciples to go along with him, and fear no evil. The death of Lazarus is here discoursed of between Christ and his disciples,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

We should notice, in this passage, how mysterious are the ways in which Christ sometimes leads His people. We are told that when He talked of going back to Judea, His disciples were perplexed. It was the very place where the Jews had lately tried to stone their Master—to return there was to plunge into the midst of danger. These timid Galileans could not see the necessity or prudence of such a step. "Are You going there again?" they cried. Things such as these are often going on around us.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
δέ	de	however	G1161 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
περιπατῇ	peripatēa	shall walk	G4043 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
νυκτί,	nukti	night,	G3571 →
προσκόπτει,	proskoptei	he stumbles,	G4350 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
φῶς	phōs	light	G5457 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῷ.	autō	him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting…
leads to
- Jeremiah 1:19
  They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 1:8
  Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 15:20
  Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver…
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Jeremiah 17:18
  Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster…
Through
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
leads to
- Isaiah 59:9
  Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Isaiah 8:22
  Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
- Proverbs 4:19
  But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.