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judgment. Greek. crisis (App-177.); i.e. the crisis reached when the world pronounced judgment against Christ and His claims.
prince = ruler. Greek. archon; applied to Satan as prince of this world (kosmos. App-129.) three times, here, Joh_14:30, and Joh_16:11; as prince of the demons in Mat_12:24. Mar_3:22; and as prince of the power of the air in Eph_2:2. The same word used in Rev_10:5 of the Lord. The prince of this world was a well-known Rabbinical term (Sar ha `olam, prince of the age) for Satan, "the angel", as they say, "into whose hands the whole world is delivered". See Dr. John Lightfoot's Works, xii, p. 369.
cast out. Same word as in Joh_9:34, Joh_9:35. Mat_21:39. Mar_12:8. Luk_20:15. Act_7:68; Act_13:50. In Luk_4:29, rendered "thrust".
out (Greek. exo) = without, outside.