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Joh 12:32. Κἀγώ) and I, I truly. The antithesis is, the prince of this world.-ὑψυθῶ, I shall have been lifted up) See Joh 12:33, and ch. Joh 3:14, “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.”-ἐκ τῆς γῆς) from the earth. Comp. Act 8:33, “His life is taken from the earth.” In the very cross there was already something that tended towards glory.-πάντας, all) even the Gentiles, Joh 12:20 [the Greeks, for instance, who applied to Philip, wishing to see Jesus], Satan shall not be able to retain them; and himself shall give way. Here the answer is given to the request mentioned at Joh 12:21, “We would see Jesus.”-ἑλκύσω, I will draw) from earth, upwards. By this word a power is indicated in opposition to the prince of the world, who shall no longer detain his captives.