Joh 9:5 | RWP | e4.org | When I am in the world ( οταν εν τω κοσμω ω ). Indefinite relative clause with οταν and present active subjunctive ω , "whenever I am in the world." The Latin Vulgate renders here οταν by quamdiu so long as or while as if it were εως . But clearly Jesus here refers to the historic Incarnation ( ) and to any previous visitations in the time of the patriarchs, prophets, etc. Jesus as God's Son is always the Light of the World ( , ; ), but here the reference is limited to his manifestation "in the world." I am the light of the world ( φως ειμ του κοσμου ). The absence of the definite article ( το φως in ) is to be noted (Westcott). Literally, "I am light to the world, whenever I am in the world." "The display of the character varies with the occasion" (Westcott).

‏ John 9:5

When I am in the world ( οταν εν τω κοσμω ω ). Indefinite relative clause with οταν and present active subjunctive ω, "whenever I am in the world." The Latin Vulgate renders here οταν by quamdiu so long as or while as if it were εως. But clearly Jesus here refers to the historic Incarnation (17:11) and to any previous visitations in the time of the patriarchs, prophets, etc. Jesus as God's Son is always the Light of the World (1:4, 10; 8:12), but here the reference is limited to his manifestation "in the world."

I am the light of the world ( φως ειμ του κοσμου ). The absence of the definite article ( το φως in 8:12) is to be noted (Westcott). Literally, "I am light to the world, whenever I am in the world." "The display of the character varies with the occasion" (Westcott).