{Wherefore he saith} (dio legei). As a confirmation of what
Paul has said. No subject is expressed in the Greek and
commentators argue whether it should be ho theos (God) or h(880a)graph(885c) (Scripture). But it comes to God after all. See Ac
2:17 . The quotation is from Ps 68:18 , a Messianic Psalm of
victory which Paul adapts and interprets for Christ's triumph
over death. {He led captivity captive} ((8869)chmal(9374)eusen
aichmal(9373)ian). Cognate accusative of aichmal(9373)ian, late word,
in N.T. only here and Re 13:10 . The verb also (aichmal(9374)eu(935c))
is from the old word aichmal(9374)os, captive in war (in N.T. only
in Lu 4:18 ), in LXX and only here in N.T.
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