John 12:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

judgment. Greek. crisis (App-177.); i.e. the crisis reached when the world pronounced judgment against Christ and His claims.

prince. ruler. Greek. archon; applied to Satan as prince of this world (kosmos. App-129.) three times, here, John 14:30, and John 16:11. as prince of the demons in Matthew 12:24.Mark 3:22. and as prince of the power of the air in Ephesians 2:2. The same word used in Revelation 10:5 of the Lord. The prince of this world was. well-known Rabbinical term (Sar ha `olam, prince of the age) for Satan, "the angel", as they say, "into whose hands the whole world is delivered". See Dr. John Lightfoot's Works, xii, p. 369.

cast out. Same word as in John 9:34; John 9:35.Matthew 21:39; Mark 12:8; Luke 20:15. Act 7:68. Acts 13:50. In Luke 4:29, rendered "thrust".

out (Greek. exo). without, outside.

John 12:31

31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.