Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 John 12:31).
cometh--with hostile intent, for a last grand attack, having failed in His first formidable assault (Luke 4:1-13) from which he "departed [only] for a season" (John 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 (Hebrews 9:14; 1 John 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:21).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 4:9
Matthew 4:11
John 19:26-27
Ephesians 6:12
1 John 5:4
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