John 14:30 (LSB)

Passage

I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;

Nearby Context

John 14:28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

John 14:29 And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.

John 14:30 I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;

John 14:31 but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "speak", "much", "ruler", "coming", and "nothing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "speak", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "And now I have told you before..." into verse 31's "but so that the world may know...", so "world" and "speak" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "speak" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.