Section 110
93On ἐδεɩγμóτɩσεν (“made a public exhibition”) cf. H. Schlier, TDNT 2, pp. 3Iff. (s.v. δείϰνυμɩ, δεɩγματίζω). A. T. Hanson sees a typological relation between its occurrence here and the exemplary hanging (παϱαδεɩγματίζω) of the ringleaders of the Baal-peor apostasy (Num. 25:4 LXX): “Moses punished the rulers by hanging them ... on a tree, whereas Christ overcame the powers by himself hanging on a tree” (Studies in Paul’s Technique and Theology [London, 1974], p. 153 et passim).
94Against the view (adopted here) that the ἄϱϰοντες τοῦ αἰѽνος τούτου in 1 Cor. 2:8 are spirit powers see W. Carr, Angels and Principalities, pp. 118-20; he sees in them a reference to Pilate and Caiaphas.
95In Eph. 3:10 the principalities and powers are spectators of God’s many-hued wisdom displayed in the church; but there is no emphasis on their hostility (see p. 321 with n. 68).
96For pacification see p. 75, n. 170 (on Col. 1:21).
97Cf. the overpowering of the “strong man armed” in Matt. 12:29 par. Luke 11:21-22; of the devil in John 12:31 (with 14:30 and 16:11); Heb. 2:14 (where the partaking of “blood and flesh” and the gaining of victory “through death” are especially significant); and of death itself in 1 Cor. 15:26. The conquest of Col. 2:15 might be regarded as the first stage in that victorious progress which ends with the destruction of the “last enemy.”