“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;”
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him — 'Rulers and authorities' (archē, exousia, likely demonic powers) are disarmed (apekdyō, stripped naked) by the cross. 'Put to open shame' (deigmatizō, expose publicly) shows their defeat is evident. 'Triumphing over them' (thriambeuo, lead in triumph) uses military imagery: Christ is victorious general. The cosmic powers' defeat is cross-sealed. Believers share this triumph.
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