John 12:31

Contemporary English Version

This world's people are now being judged, and the ruler of this world is already being thrown out!

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Now is the iudgement of this worlde: now shall ye prince of this worlde be cast out.

Hebrew Names Version
Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

International Standard Version
Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin.Now is the judgment of this world">[fn] Now will the ruler of this world be thrown out.Matthew 12:29; Luke 10:18; John 14:30; 16:11; Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; 6:12;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
"Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

New Century Version
Now is the time for the world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be thrown down.

Update Bible Version
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

English Standard Version
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

World English Bible
Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Weymouth's New Testament
Now is a judgement of this world: now will the Prince of this world be driven out.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Now is the doom of the world, now the prince of this world schal be cast out.

English Revised Version
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Berean Standard Bible
Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

Amplified Bible
"Now judgment is upon this world [the sentence is being passed]. Now the ruler of this world (Satan) will be cast out.

American Standard Version
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Bible in Basic English
Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

Complete Jewish Bible
Now is the time for this world to be judged, now the ruler of this world will be expelled.

Darby Translation
Now is [the] judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out:

Etheridge Translation
Now is the judgment of this world; now is the ruler of this world cast out.

Murdock Translation
Now is the judgment of this world: now the ruler of this world is cast out.

King James Version (1611)
Now is the iudgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

New Living Translation
The time for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out.

New Life Bible
"Now this world is being told it is guilty. Now the leader of this world will be thrown out.

New Revised Standard
Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Now is the iudgement of this world: nowe shall the prince of this world be cast out.

George Lamsa Translation
Now is the judgment of this world; now the leader of this world will be cast out.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, is there, a judging, of this world, - Now, the ruler of this world, shall be cast out;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Revised Standard Version
Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe is the iudgement of this worlde: Nowe shall the prince of this worlde be cast out.

Good News Translation
Now is the time for this world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be overthrown.

Christian Standard Bible®
Now is the judgment of this world.

King James Version
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

Lexham English Bible
Now is the judgment of this world! Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out!

Literal Translation
Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world shall be cast out.

Young's Literal Translation
now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now goeth the iudgment ouer the worlde. Now shal the prynce of this worlde be thrust out.

Mace New Testament (1729)
now is this world condemn'd: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

New English Translation
Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

New King James Version
Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The time for the showdown has arrived. I will meet the devil, the ruler of this world, in the street and when the clock strikes, I will be faster.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

Contextual Overview

²⁷ Now I am deeply troubled, and I don't know what to say. But I must not ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering. In fact, I came into the world to suffer. ²⁸ So Father, bring glory to yourself. A voice from heaven then said, "I have already brought glory to myself, and I will do it again!" ²⁹ When the crowd heard the voice, some of them thought it was thunder. Others thought an angel had spoken to Jesus. ³⁰ Then Jesus told the crowd, "That voice spoke to help you, not me. ³¹ This world's people are now being judged, and the ruler of this world is already being thrown out! ³² If I am lifted up above the earth, I will make everyone want to come to me." ³³ Jesus was talking about the way he would be put to death. ³⁴ The crowd said to Jesus, "The Scriptures teach that the Messiah will live forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?" ³⁵ Jesus answered, "The light will be with you for only a little longer. Walk in the light while you can. Then you won't be caught walking blindly in the dark. ³⁶ Have faith in the light while it is with you, and you will be children of the light." After Jesus had said these things, he left and went into hiding.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

is: John 5:22-27, John 16:8-10

now: John 14:30, John 16:11, Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 49:24, Matthew 12:28, Luke 10:17-19, Acts 26:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 6:12, Colossians 2:15, Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:8, Revelation 12:9-11, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:7 - unto devils Matthew 4:9 - I give Matthew 12:26 - his Mark 3:27 - General Luke 4:6 - and to Luke 10:18 - I beheld Satan John 16:33 - I Galatians 1:4 - from Colossians 1:13 - the power 1 John 4:4 - than 1 John 5:19 - in wickedness Revelation 9:11 - they had

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now is the judgment of this world,.... That is, in a very short time will be the judgment either of the Jewish world, when that shall be reproved, convinced, and condemned for their sin of rejecting Christ, and crucifying him, by the Spirit, in the ministration of the Gospel; and they still continuing in their impenitence and unbelief, in process of time wrath will come upon them, upon their nation, city, and temple, to the uttermost; or of the Gentile world, when there shall be a discrimination, and separation made in it, of the chosen of God, who shall be called by special grace, and with the converted and believing Jews, shall form a Gospel church state, separate from the world of the ungodly; or of the world of God's elect among Jews and Gentiles, whose cause, being undertook by Christ, he will now vindicate it, and redeem them from sin and Satan, who have usurped a power and dominion over them: hence it follows,

now shall the prince of this world be cast out. The phrase, העולם

שר, "the prince of the world", is much used by Jewish writers d, by whom an angel is meant; and they seem to design the angel of death, which is the devil: and it is certain, that he is here intended, and is so called, not because he has any legal power and authority over the world; but because he has usurped a dominion over it, and has great power and efficacy in the hearts of the children of disobedience, who yield a voluntary subjection to him, as if he was their proper lord and sovereign: now the time was at hand, when he should be cast out of the empire of the world he had assumed, and out of the temples of the Gentiles, and out of the hearts of God's elect among them.

d T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 16. 2. & Sanhedrin, fol. 94. 1. & Cholin, fol. 60. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now is the judgment of this world - Greek: “crisis.” This expression, doubtless, has reference to his approaching death, and whatever he means by judgment here relates to something that was to be accomplished by that death. It cannot mean that then was to be the time in which the world was to be finally judged, for he says that he did not come then to judge the world John 12:47; John 8:15, and he has clearly declared that there shall be a future day when he will judge all mankind. The meaning of it may be thus expressed: “Now is approaching the decisive scene, the eventful period - the crisis - when it shall be determined who shall rule this world. There has been a long conflict between the powers of light and darkness between God and the devil. Satan has so effectually ruled that he may be said to be the prince of this world; but my approaching death will destroy his kingdom, will break down his power, and will be the means of setting up the kingdom of God over man.” The death of Christ was to be the most grand and effectual of all means that could be used to establish the authority of the law and the government of God, Romans 8:3-4. This it did by showing the regard which God had for his law; by showing his hatred of sin, and presenting the strongest motives to induce man to leave the service of Satan; by securing the influences of the Holy Spirit, and by his putting forth his own direct power in the cause of virtue and of God. The death of Jesus was the determining cause, the grand crisis, the concentration of all that God had ever done, or ever will do, to break down the kingdom of Satan, and set up his power over man. Thus was fulfilled the prediction Genesis 3:15, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

Now shall the prince of this world - Satan, or the devil, John 14:30; John 16:11. He is also called the god of this world, 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:12; “The rulers of the darkness of this world” - that is, the rulers of this dark world a well-known Hebraism. He is also called “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience,” Ephesians 2:2. All these names are given him from the influence or power which he has over the men of this world, because the great mass of men have been under his control and subject to his will.

Be cast out - His kingdom shall be destroyed; his empire shall come to an end. It does not mean that his reign over all men would entirely cease then, but that then would be the crisis, the grand conflict in which he would be vanquished, and from that time his kingdom begin to decline, until it would finally cease, and then be free altogether from his dominion. See Luke 10:18; Colossians 1:18-20; Acts 26:18; 1 Corinthians 15:25-26; Revelation 20:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Now is the judgment of this world — The judgment spoken of in this place is applied by some to the punishment which was about to fall on the Jewish people for rejecting Christ. And the ruler or prince, ο αρχων, of this world, is understood to be Satan, who had blinded the eyes of the Jews, and hardened their hearts, that they might not believe on the Son of God; but his kingdom, not only among the Jews, but in all the world, was about to be destroyed by the abolition of idolatry and the vocation of the Gentiles.

The epithet סר העולם sar ha-olam, prince of this world, is repeatedly applied to the devil, or to Samael, who is termed the angel of death. The Jews fabled that, into the hands of this chief, God had delivered all the nations of the earth, except the Israelites. See Lightfoot. The words are understood by others as addressed to these believing Greeks, and to have the following meaning, which is extremely different from the other. "In a short time (four or five days afterwards) ye shall see what sort of a judgment this world passes. I, who am its ruler and prince, shall be cast out, shall be condemned by my own creatures, as an impious and wicked person. But do not be discouraged: though I be lifted up on the cross, and die like a malefactor, nevertheless I will draw all men unto myself. The Gospel of Christ crucified shall be the grand agent, in the hand of the Most High, of the conversion and salvation of a ruined world." But see on John 14:30; John 16:11.