John 6:17

6:17 got into a boat, and started to cross the lake ¹  to Capernaum. ²  (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.) ³ 

John 12:46

12:46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

John 12:35

12:35 Jesus replied, ⁴  “The light is with you for a little while longer. ⁵  Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. ⁶  The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

[6:17]  ¹ tn Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in the previous verse.

[6:17]  ² map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[6:17]  ³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[12:35]  ⁴ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them.”

[12:35]  ⁵ tn Grk “Yet a little while the light is with you.”

[12:35]  ⁶ sn The warning Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you operates on at least two different levels: (1) To the Jewish people in Jerusalem to whom Jesus spoke, the warning was a reminder that there was only a little time left for them to accept him as their Messiah. (2) To those later individuals to whom the Fourth Gospel was written, and to every person since, the words of Jesus are also a warning: There is a finite, limited time in which each individual has opportunity to respond to the Light of the world (i.e., Jesus); after that comes darkness. One’s response to the Light decisively determines one’s judgment for eternity.