Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Colossians 2:15

Context
NET ©

Disarming 1  the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross. 2 

NIV ©

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

NASB ©

When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him.

NLT ©

In this way, God disarmed the evil rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross of Christ.

MSG ©

He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.

BBE ©

Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.

NRSV ©

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.

NKJV ©

Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.


KJV
[And] having spoiled
<554> (5666)
principalities
<746>
and
<2532>
powers
<1849>_,
he made a shew of them
<1165> (5656)
openly
<1722> <3954>_,
triumphing over
<2358> (5660)
them
<846>
in
<1722>
it
<846>_.
{in it: or, in himself}
NASB ©
When He had disarmed
<554>
the rulers
<746>
and authorities
<1849>
, He made
<1165>
a public
<3954>
display
<1165>
of them, having triumphed
<2358>
over
<2358>
them through
<1722>
Him.
GREEK
apekdusamenov
<554> (5666)
V-ADP-NSM
tav
<3588>
T-APF
arcav
<746>
N-APF
kai
<2532>
CONJ
tav
<3588>
T-APF
exousiav
<1849>
N-APF
edeigmatisen
<1165> (5656)
V-AAI-3S
en
<1722>
PREP
parrhsia
<3954>
N-DSF
yriambeusav
<2358> (5660)
V-AAP-NSM
autouv
<846>
P-APM
en
<1722>
PREP
autw
<846>
P-DSN
NET © [draft] ITL
Disarming
<554>
the rulers
<746>
and
<2532>
authorities
<1849>
, he has made a public disgrace
<1165>
of them, triumphing
<2358>
over them
<846>
by
<1722>
the cross
<846>
.
NET ©

Disarming 1  the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross. 2 

NET © Notes

tn See BDAG 100 s.v. ἀπεκδύομαι 2.

tn The antecedent of the Greek pronoun αὐτῷ (autw) could either be “Christ” or the “cross.” There are several reasons for choosing “the cross” as the antecedent for αὐτῷ in verse 15: (1) The nearest antecedent is τῷ σταυρῷ (tw staurw) in v. 14; (2) the idea of ἐδειγμάτισεν ἐν παρρησία (edeigmatisen en parrhsia, “made a public disgrace”) seems to be more in keeping with the idea of the cross; (3) a reference to Christ seems to miss the irony involved in the idea of triumph – the whole point is that where one would expect defeat, there came the victory; (4) if Christ is the subject of the participles in v. 15 then almost certainly the cross is the referent for αὐτῷ. Thus the best solution is to see αὐτῷ as a reference to the cross and the preposition ἐν (en) indicating “means” (i.e., by means of the cross) or possibly (though less likely) location (on the cross).



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