30, 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 saying! The truth of it is, that which makes the Person and
Work of Christ the life of the world
(Heb 9:14;
1Jo 3:5;
2Co 5:21).
JFB.
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