John 12:31

12:31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world ¹  will be driven out. ² 

John 12:40

12:40 “He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their heart, ³ 

so that they would not see with their eyes

and understand with their heart, ⁴ 

and turn to me, ⁵  and I would heal them.” ⁶ 

[12:31]  ¹ sn The ruler of this world is a reference to Satan.

[12:31]  ² tn Or “will be thrown out.” This translation regards the future passive ἐκβληθήσεται (ekblhqhsetai) as referring to an event future to the time of speaking.

[12:40]  ³ tn Or “closed their mind.”

[12:40]  ⁴ tn Or “their mind.”

[12:40]  ⁵ tn One could also translate στραφῶσιν (strafwsin) as “repent” or “change their ways,” but both of these terms would be subject to misinterpretation by the modern English reader. The idea is one of turning back to God, however. The words “to me” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[12:40]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 6:10.