''....As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.'' Jesus made the statement above on the occasion of

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Jesus made the statement, "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world," on the occasion of healing the man born blind. After Jesus healed the man, the Pharisees questioned the man's parents and then the man himself. Jesus later found the man and revealed Himself to him, telling him that He was the Son of Man. It was at this point that Jesus made the statement that He was the light of the world.