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"Prince of The World?"
Why was the expression "prince of this world" used instead of
"king of the world" in John's version of the Gospel? (As in
the Prince of this world cometh and I ...") It may refer to the
king's son, but more likely it was used to refer to the belief
that God is the "king of this world" and that therefore the
expression "king of this world" was not to be used for
mortals. This was probably later copied and changed to the
expression "there is no king but Caesar" and so the comment
"anyone who calls himself a king speaks against Caesar".
If this is true, then the King James version of Matthew's
account of the crucifixion where Jesus supposedly said "Thou
sayest it", when he was asked by Pilate, the Roman,if he were
the king of the Jews, is probably the more accurate account
compared to newer translations which has him saying "Yes, it
is as you say".
That latter expression sounded kind of false to me anyhow.
And tho some of the newer translations have changed the New
Testament accounts to read ruler instead of prince, check out
how many times the word prince is used in Ezekial to get a
feel for how the word is used instead of ruler.
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