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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Light_of_the_World_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Light of the World (disambiguation)">Light of the World (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg/250px-Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg/330px-Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg/500px-Light_of_the_World_Hunt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4658" data-file-height="7509" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Light_of_the_World_(painting)" title="The Light of the World (painting)">The Light of the World</a>, by <a href="/wiki/William_Holman_Hunt" title="William Holman Hunt">Holman Hunt</a> 1851, in <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>"<b>Light of the World</b>" (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">φώς τοῦ κόσμου</span> <i>Phṓs tou <a href="/wiki/Cosmos" title="Cosmos">kósmou</a></i>) is a phrase used by <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> to describe himself and his <a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">disciples</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Spear226_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spear226-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The phrase is recorded in the Gospels of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> (<a href="/wiki/Matthew_5:15%E2%80%9316" title="Matthew 5:15–16">5:14–16</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a> (8:12). It is closely related to the parables of <a href="/wiki/Salt_and_light" title="Salt and light">salt and light</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lamp_under_a_bushel" title="Lamp under a bushel">lamp under a bushel</a>, which also appear in Jesus' <a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gospel_accounts">Gospel accounts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Light_of_the_World&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gospel accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christ_as_the_True_Light,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Christ_as_the_True_Light%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/500px-Christ_as_the_True_Light%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg" decoding="async" width="390" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Christ_as_the_True_Light%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg/960px-Christ_as_the_True_Light%2C_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2676" data-file-height="828" /></a><figcaption><i>Christ as the True Light</i> by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger" title="Hans Holbein the Younger">Hans Holbein the Younger</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1526</span></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Referring_to_himself">Referring to himself</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Light_of_the_World&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Referring to himself"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%208:12&version=nrsv">John 8:12</a> Jesus applies the title to himself while debating with the Jews and states:<sup id="cite_ref-Spear226_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spear226-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.</p></blockquote> <p>Jesus again claims to be Light of the World in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%209:5&version=nrsv">John 9:5</a>, during the miracle of <a href="/wiki/Healing_the_blind_at_birth" class="mw-redirect" title="Healing the blind at birth">healing the blind at birth</a>, saying: <sup id="cite_ref-Matera235_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matera235-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>When I am in the world, I am the Light of the World.</dd></dl> <p>This episode leads into <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%209:39&version=nrsv">John 9:39</a> where Jesus metaphorically explains that he came to this world, so that the blind may see.<sup id="cite_ref-Matera235_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matera235-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Christology" title="Christology">Christological</a> context, the use of the title Light of the World is similar to the <a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Bread of Life">Bread of Life</a> title in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%206:35&version=nrsv">John 6:35</a> where Jesus states: "I am the bread of life: he who comes to me shall not hunger."<sup id="cite_ref-Jonge_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jonge-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These assertions build on the Christological theme of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%205:26&version=nrsv">John 5:26</a> where Jesus claims to possess life just as the <a href="/wiki/God_the_Father" title="God the Father">Father</a> does and provide it to those who follow him.<sup id="cite_ref-Jonge_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jonge-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term "Life of the World" is applied in the same sense by Jesus to himself in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%206:51&version=nrsv">John 6:51</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Matera235_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matera235-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Light is defined as life, as seen in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%201:4&version=nrsv">John 1:4</a>, "In him was life; and the life was the light of men". Those who have faith through him will have eternal life. In John's Gospel, "darkness is present in the absence of light; the absence of <a href="/wiki/Eternal_life_(Christianity)" title="Eternal life (Christianity)">eternal life</a>," and darkness referring to death, spiritually.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Referring_to_his_disciples">Referring to his disciples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Light_of_the_World&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Referring to his disciples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jesus also used that term to refer to his disciples in <a href="/wiki/Matthew_5:14" title="Matthew 5:14">Matthew 5:14</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-Spear226_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spear226-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>This application of "light compared with darkness" also appears in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20John%201:5&version=nrsv">1 John 1:5</a> which applies it to God and states: "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Johannine_dualism">Johannine dualism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Light_of_the_World&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Johannine dualism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Light and darkness in John's Gospel is an <a href="/wiki/Antithesis" title="Antithesis">antithesis</a> that has symbolic meaning and is essential to understanding the author of John. The fourth gospel expresses certain ideas using the antithesis more frequently than any other writings in the New Testament. The <a href="/wiki/Johannine_community" title="Johannine community">Johannine community</a> may have borrowed the symbolic use of the antithesis Light–Darkness from <a href="/wiki/Essene" class="mw-redirect" title="Essene">Essene</a> literature, "which considered History as a permanent conflict between Good and Evil, using Light as a symbol of Truth and Righteousness and Darkness as that of Falsehood and Evil".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Examples of <a href="/wiki/Dualistic_cosmology" class="mw-redirect" title="Dualistic cosmology">dualistic</a> concepts in the Gospel of John: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Light</th> <th>Darkness </th></tr> <tr> <td>Known</td> <td>Unknown </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jesus Christ</td> <td>Satan </td></tr> <tr> <td>Heavenly</td> <td>Earthly </td></tr> <tr> <td>Above</td> <td>Below </td></tr> <tr> <td>Spirit</td> <td>Flesh </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sight</td> <td>Blindness </td></tr> <tr> <td>Universe</td> <td>World </td></tr> <tr> <td>Day</td> <td>Night </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extra-biblical_sources">Extra-biblical sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Light_of_the_World&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Extra-biblical sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Extra-canonical" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-canonical">extra-canonical</a> <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas" title="Gospel of Thomas">Gospel of Thomas</a>, a used similar phrase appears, "There is light within a man of light, and he lights up the whole world. If he does not shine, he is darkness".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Light is a recurring theme in <a href="/wiki/Gnostic" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnostic">Gnostic</a> religions such as <a href="/wiki/Manichaeism" title="Manichaeism">Manichaeism</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaeism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Light_of_the_World&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divine_light" title="Divine light">Divine light</a> – Aspect of divine presence</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_am_(biblical_term)" title="I am (biblical term)">I am (biblical term)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inward_light" title="Inward light">Inward light</a> – Quaker concept</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Christianity" title="Jesus in Christianity">Jesus in Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_of_Christ" title="Light of Christ">Light of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Jesus_in_the_New_Testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of Jesus in the New Testament">Life of Jesus in the New Testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabor_Light" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabor Light">Tabor Light</a> – Palamist doctrine of seeing God's light<span style="display:none" class="category-annotation-with-redirected-description">Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect 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Disdaskalia (Otterburne, Man.), 6(2), 3-13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas" title="Gospel of Thomas">Gospel of Thomas</a>, 24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTardieu2008" class="citation book cs1">Tardieu, Michel (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=e9wk7DQRoPoC&q=Manichaean+alphabet&pg=PA33"><i>Manichaeism</i></a>. 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href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_John_(Pillar_New_Testament_Commentary)" title="The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary)">Pillar New Testament Commentary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion" title="St John Passion">St John Passion</a></i> (J. S. Bach, 1724) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_structure" title="St John Passion structure">Structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_discography" title="St John Passion discography">Discography</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passio_(P%C3%A4rt)" title="Passio (Pärt)">Passio</a></i> (Pärt, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johannes-Passion_(Gubaidulina)" title="Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)">Johannes-Passion</a></i> (Gubaidulina, 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2003_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2003 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2003 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2014_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2014 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2014 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_2" title="Papyrus 2">Papyrus 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_6" title="Papyrus 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_22" title="Papyrus 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_28" title="Papyrus 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_36" title="Papyrus 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_39" title="Papyrus 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_44" title="Papyrus 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_55" title="Papyrus 55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_60" title="Papyrus 60">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_63" title="Papyrus 63">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_76" title="Papyrus 76">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_80" title="Papyrus 80">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_84" title="Papyrus 84">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_90" title="Papyrus 90">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_93" title="Papyrus 93">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_95" title="Papyrus 95">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_106" title="Papyrus 106">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_107" title="Papyrus 107">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_108" title="Papyrus 108">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_109" title="Papyrus 109">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_119" title="Papyrus 119">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_120" title="Papyrus 120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_121" title="Papyrus 121">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_122" title="Papyrus 122">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_128" title="Papyrus 128">128</a></li> <li><a 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