that the Prince of the world has no hold on Jesus refers to the fact that Jesus lays down his life of his own choice and no one takes it from him (10:18). However, we are actually past the moment when Jesus submitted himself to death; for in 13:27 after Satan entered into Judas, Jesus told Judas to do what he was going to do. Now a more likely source of confidence is that no one will be given power over Jesus except by the Father’s permission (19:11). The contention in 31 that the struggle with the