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John 16:11

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16:11and concerning judgment,24 because25 the ruler of this world26 has been condemned.27

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  1. 24 The world is proven wrong concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. Jesus’ righteousness before the Father, as proven by his return to the Father, his glorification, constitutes a judgment against Satan. This is parallel to the judgment of the world which Jesus provokes in 3:19–21: Jesus’ presence in the world as the Light of the world provokes the judgment of those in the world, because as they respond to the light (either coming to Jesus or rejecting him) so are they judged. That judgment is in a sense already realized. So it is here, where the judgment of Satan is already realized in Jesus’ glorification. This does not mean that Satan does not continue to be active in the world, and to exercise some power over it, just as in 3:19–21 the people in the world who have rejected Jesus and thus incurred judgment continue on in their opposition to Jesus for a time. In both cases the judgment is not immediately executed. But it is certain.
  2. 25 Or “that.”
  3. 26 The ruler of this world is a reference to Satan.
  4. 27 Or “judged.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

NLTNew Living Translation

Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

KJV 1900King James Version

Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.