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NASB | John 14:30 "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:30 "I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of the world (Satan) is coming. And he has no claim on Me [no power over Me nor anything that he can use against Me]; |
Subject: who is the prince? |
Bible Note: Edwin, I bow to the elder statesman in the United Kingdom. I recall that once on the Forum we quibbled a bit, you and I, over some small point of semantics and concluded that the difficulty most likely could be traced to some subtle difference between British English and American English. But now we know that it wasn't anything of the kind, but merely the result of a generation gap! Your generation has its way of saying things and mine, coming considerably later, has its way. But I do resolve to spare no effort to understand my elders, on these shores and abroad, realizing that the time will come, if God choose, when I too shall be counted, as you now are, among the abundantly mature inhabitants of the earth. ..... Two of my favorite writers are Shakespeare and Dickens. Did you know either of them personally? --Hank |