New King James Version
John 14:30
30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.
John 14:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
- New International Version (NIV)I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me,
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me,
Context of John 14:30
28You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I. 29“And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
Read all of John 14John 14:30 word by word
Οὐκέτι πολλὰ λαλήσω μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν· ἔρχεται γὰρ ὁ τοῦ κόσμου ἄρχων, καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἔχει οὐδέν,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Hereafterἔτιeti · stillG2089
- I willλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
- notοὐou · noG3756
- muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- youσύsu · youG4771
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- the princeἄρχωνarchōn · rulerG758
- of thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
- comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
- nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
Cross-references for John 14:30
- John 16:12“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
- Luke 24:44Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
- Acts 1:3to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
- John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
- John 16:11of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
- Luke 22:53When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:4whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
- Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
- Ephesians 6:12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
- Colossians 1:13He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
- 1 John 4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
- 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
- Revelation 12:9So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- Revelation 20:2He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
- Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Commentaries on John 14:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The prince of this world - , of this, is omitted by ABDEGHKLMS, Mt. BH, one hundred others; both the Syriac, later Persic, all the Arabic, and several of the primitive fathers. I rather think the omission of the pronoun makes the sense more general; for, had he said This world, the words might have been restrained to the Jewish state, or to the Roman government. But who is the person called here the prince of the world? Mr. Wakefield thinks that Christ…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Will not talk much - The time of my death draws near. It occurred the next day. The prince of this world - See the notes at John 12:31. Cometh - Satan is represented as approaching him to try him in his sufferings, and it is commonly supposed that no small part of the pain endured in the garden of Gethsemane was from some dreadful conflict with the great enemy of man. See Luke 22:53; “This is your hour and the power of darkness.” Compare Luke 4:13. Hath…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-31Verses 28-31 Christ raises the expectations of his disciples to something beyond what they thought was their greatest happiness. His time was now short, he therefore spake largely to them. When we come to be sick, and to die, we may not be capable of talking much to those about us; such good counsel as we have to give, let us give while in health. Observe the prospect Christ had of an approaching conflict, not only with men, but with the powers of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30the prince of this world: Satan did not control the events in Jerusalem that led to the cross. The death of Jesus on the cross was not an accident, and Jesus was not a helpless victim. Instead, Jesus obeyed God's plan.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3130-31. Hereafter I will not talk much with you--"I have a little more to say, but My work hastens apace, and the approach of the adversary will cut it short." for the prince of this world--(See on Joh 12:31). cometh--with hostile intent, for a last grand attack, having failed in His first formidable assault (Lu 4:1-13) from which he "departed [only] for a season" (Joh 14:13). and hath nothing in me--nothing of His own--nothing to fasten on. Glorious…Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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