Colossians 2:15
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Luke 10:18And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luke 23:39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If you be Christ, save yourself and us.
John 16:11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, all of you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Matthew Henry on Colossians 2:14-16
The Glory of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. The apostle here represents the privileges we Christians have above… Read the whole commentary →