NEW TESTAMENT

John 12:31

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

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Verse 31. Now is the judgment of the world: Their condemnation, says Saint John Chrysostom for not believing.—The prince of this world, that is, the devil, shall be cast out from that great tyranny, which he had over mankind, before Christ’s incarnation. Witham.—By these words Christ informs the Gentiles that wished to see him, that soon he would punish the incredulous Jews, and cast off their synagogue, for their malice and insatiable hatred against him; and that the prince of this world, that is, the worship of idols, should be destroyed, and all called to the true faith. Calmet.

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