The powers spoiled at the cross

Colossians 2:15. Spoiled principalities and powers, made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

In plain words

Colossians says that at the cross God disarmed the powers, made a public show of them, and triumphed over them: three finished actions, in the past tense, at an execution that looked from outside like defeat.

The mechanism

PAYMENT — three finished verbs, past tense, at a public execution that looked from outside like a defeat

Scripture

Colossians 2:15

How it was checked

• EvidenceT3 SCRIPTURE; Status: COMMITTED
• Letter eraTHE PAYMENT c. 30 AD
• SourcesSCRIPTURE — Colossians 2:15