56 Gk. ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ σϰóτους, as here.

56 Gk. ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ σϰóτους, as here.

⁵⁴Cf. C. A. A. Scott, “The Dualistic Element in the Thinking of St. Paul,” ExT 23 (1911-12), 488-92, 560-64.

⁵⁵The principal Qumran text is 1QS 3.17–4.26, where human beings are apportioned between the two realms of the prince of light and the angel of darkness (these terms being ethically understood). Cf. 1QM, where the war of the end-time is waged between the sons of light and the sons of darkness.

⁵⁶Gk. ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ σϰóτους, as here.

⁵⁷Cf. the references to “the ruler of this world” in John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11.

⁵⁸Cf. Mark 3:27 (par. Matt. 12:29).

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