John 14:30
28 You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
31 But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- KJV
- Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
- WEB
- I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
- ASV
- I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;
- DARBY
- I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world comes, and in me he has nothing;
- BLB
- No longer will I speak much with you⁺; for the ruler of the world comes, and in Me he has nothing.
- ÅB
- Jeg skal heretter ikke tale meget med dere; for verdens fyrste kommer, og han har intet i meg,
- OTB
- Jeg vil ikke si mye mer til dere, for denne verdens fyrste kommer. Han har ingen makt over meg,
- B1930
- Jeg skal herefter ikke tale meget med eder; for verdens fyrste kommer, og han har intet i mig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
Read in context1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Read in contextRevelation 12:9
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Read in contextEphesians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Read in contextJohn 12:31
Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
Read in contextEphesians 2:2
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Read in context1 Peter 2:22
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
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