S. S. Times John 11:9-10 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbles not… are not as safe as Occidental streets, nor are Oriental roads as safe as Occidental roads. Setting aside all other differences, both streets and roads are in a chronic state of disrepair. The streets are narrow, and not too clean; the roads are often composed of nothing more than loose stones lying upon each other as chance sets them. The consequence is that it is a work of strategy to thread one's way through Oriental streets, avoiding at the same time the filth of the street and the crowding of burdened donkeys or camels, and a work of art to ride or walk over an Oriental road without coming occasionally to the ground, or having one's flesh torn by the thorns on either side. This is during the day; but at night the difficulty is increased a hundred fold; thus it is that "if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth." Jesus felt that He was walking in the day, because He saw the danger, and knew how to avoid it. (S. S. Times.) Parallel Verses KJV: Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. |
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