John 12:36
Good News Translation
Believe in the light, then, while you have it, so that you will be the people of the light." After Jesus said this, he went off and hid himself from them.

New Revised Standard Version
While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.” After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.

Contemporary English Version
Have faith in the light while it is with you, and you will be children of the light." After Jesus had said these things, he left and went into hiding.

New American Bible
While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of the light.” After he had said this, Jesus left and hid from them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whilst you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spoke: and he went away and hid himself from them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whilst you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spoke: and he went away and hid himself from them.

believe.

John 1:7 This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.

John 3:21 But he that doth truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest: because they are done in God.

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

Acts 13:47,48 For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have set thee to be the light of the Gentiles: that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of the earth. . . .

the children.

Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Ephesians 5:8 For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.

1 Thessalonians 5:5,8 For all you are the children of light and children of the day: we are not of the night nor of darkness. . . .

1 John 2:9-11 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now. . . .

and departed.

John 8:59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

John 10:39,40 They sought therefore to take him: and he escaped out of their hands. . . .

John 11:54 Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews: but he went into a country near the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem. And there he abode with his disciples.

Matthew 21:17 And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania and remained here.

Context
Jesus Predicts His Death
35Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, and the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither be goeth. 36Whilst you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spoke: and he went away and hid himself from them. 37And whereas he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not in him:…
Cross References
Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid.

Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

John 8:12
Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 8:59
They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

John 12:37
And whereas he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not in him:

John 12:46
I am come, a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in me may not remain in darkness.

Ephesians 5:8
For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.

John 12:35
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