John 12:35

Then Jesus said Better, Jesus therefore said:instead of answering their contemptuous question He gives them a solemn warning.

while ye have The better reading is, as ye have:-walk in a manner suitable to the fact of there being the Light among you: make use of the Light and work."

darkness that darkness-in which no man can work."

come upon you like a bird of prey. The same Greek verb is used of the last day; 1 Thessalonians 5:4; and in the LXX. of sin overtaking the sinner; Numbers 32:23.

for he that walketh in darkness And he that walketh in the darkness.

whither he goeth Or, goeth away; knows not to what end he is departing: comp. 1 John 2:11.