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The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?”(A) Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day,(B) he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.(C) 10 But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:10 The light is not in him: the ancients apparently did not grasp clearly the entry of light through the eye; they seem to have thought of it as being in the eye; cf. Lk 11:34; Mt 6:23.

“But Rabbi,”(A) they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,(B) and yet you are going back?”

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.(C) 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

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