John 12:36

12:36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” ¹  When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

John 9:11

9:11 He replied, ²  “The man called Jesus made mud, ³  smeared it ⁴  on my eyes and told me, ⁵  ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.” ⁶ 

¹ tn The idiom “sons of light” means essentially “people characterized by light,” that is, “people of God.”

² tn Grk “That one answered.”

³ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

⁴ tn Grk “and smeared.” Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when obvious from the context.

⁵ tn Grk “said to me.”

⁶ tn Or “and I gained my sight.”