John 12:35
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
BSB
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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.
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.
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33 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Εἶπεν | Eipen | Said | G2036 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἰησοῦς· | Iēsous | Jesus; | G2424 → |
| ἔτι | eti | Yet | G2089 → |
| μικρὸν | mikron | a little | G3398 → |
| χρόνον | chronon | while | G5550 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| φῶς | phōs | light | G5457 → |
| ἐν | en | among | G1722 → |
| ὑμῖν | humin | you | G4771 → |
| ἐστιν. | estin | is. | G1510 → |
| περιπατεῖτε | peripateite | do walk | G4043 → |
| ὡς | hōs | while | G5613 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| φῶς | phōs | light | G5457 → |
| ἔχετε, | echete | you have, | G2192 → |
| ἵνα | ina | so that | G2443 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| σκοτία | skotia | darkness | G4653 → |
| ὑμᾶς | humas | you | G4771 → |
| καταλάβῃ· | katalabē | may grasp; | G2638 → |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [one] | G3588 → |
| περιπατῶν | peripatōn | walking | G4043 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῇ | tēa | the | G3588 → |
| σκοτίᾳ | skotia | darkness | G4653 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| οἶδεν | oiden | knows | |
| ποῦ | pou | where | G4226 → |
| ὑπάγει. | hupagei | he is going. | G5217 → |
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