John 12:35

Jesus, the light, will only be present a little longer, so He urges people to walk in the light before darkness overtakes them. It matters because the time to respond to Him is now, not indefinite.

Cross-references · 23

• John 12:46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
• John 16:16A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
• 1 Jn 1:6–7If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.
• Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
• John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• John 11:10But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”
• John 9:4–5I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
• John 12:36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
• Jer 13:16–17Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
• Isa 2:5House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.
• John 7:33Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
• John 12:39–40For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again,
• John 1:5–9The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
• 1 Th 5:5–8You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,
• 1 Jn 2:8–11Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
• Isa 42:6–7“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
• Ps 69:22–28Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
• Eph 5:14–15Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• Rom 13:12–14The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
• Rom 11:7–10What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
• 2 Cor 3:14But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
• Prov 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
• Heb 3:7–8Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

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