Volume 18, Issue 1, 2026, pages 55-84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsLSAX5174
Published online: 2025-06-01
Published in print: 2025-06-06

Abstract: The paper explores how the “Ruler of this world has been cast out” (see John 12:31) through the glorification of Jesus (cf. John 12:28.32). The discussion will briefly address John 18:36, where Jesus asserts that his kingdom is “not from down here” (ἡ βασιλεία ἡ ἐμὴ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐντεῦθεν), suggesting a thematic framework for the ensuing passion narrative. The article then examines the actualization of such a kingdom in John 19:16b-42 by means of Johannine polarized thought and literary devices such as structure of John 19:16b-42, irony, double entendre, and, above all, the fulfillment of the Scriptures in John 19:23-24.31-37.