You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD, God, might dwell there.

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for their transgressions.

Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and carry off his possessions, unless he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

The great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

Principalities

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers; all things have been created by him and for him.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to prevent the light shining from the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world's rulers of this darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Triumphing

One of the criminals who hung there insulted him, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us."

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to myself."

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

General references

But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.