John 8:12

May the light of Jesus Christ abide within us as a beacon of truth and love to the world that God  so loved. That through Him we might be saved!

John 8:12 

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

This is the second metaphorical “I am” statement used by Jesus. The antagonism between Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders is cast as a battle between light and darkness. Faithlife Bible.

As the sun is the physical light of the world, so Jesus is the spiritual light of the world. As the light of the world, Jesus exposes sin and gives sight to those who live in darkness. NKJ Bible.

I am the light of the world—As the former references to water and to bread were occasioned by outward occurrences, so this one to light. In “the treasury” where it was spoken stood two colossal golden lamp-stands, on which hung a multitude of lamps, lighted after the evening sacrifice (probably every evening during the feast of tabernacles), diffusing their brilliancy, it is said, over all the city. Around these the people danced with great rejoicing. Now, as amidst the festivities of the water from Siloam Jesus cried, saying, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink,” so now amidst the blaze and the joyousness of this illumination, He proclaims, “I am the Light of the world”—plainly in the most absolute sense. For though He gives His disciples the same title, they are only “light in the Lord” (Ephesisans 5:8); and though He calls the Baptist “the burning and shining light”, yet “he was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light: that was the true Light which, coming into the world, lighteth every man”. Under this magnificent title Messiah was promised of old.

He that followeth me—as one does a light going before him, and as the Israelites did the pillar of bright cloud in the wilderness, shall have the light of life—the light, as of a new world, a newly awakened spiritual and eternal life. Commentary NKJ Bible.

Isaiah 9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.

Malachi 4:2 But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.

John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 12:35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.