1 Corinthians 2:8
English Standard Version Anglicised
8 None of (A)the rulers of this age understood this, for (B)if they had, they would not have crucified (C)the Lord of glory.
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1 Corinthians 2:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 and which none of the rulers of this age[a] knew; for, if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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- 2:8 The rulers of this age: this suggests not only the political leaders of the Jews and Romans under whom Jesus was crucified (cf. Acts 4:25–28) but also the cosmic powers behind them (cf. Eph 1:20–23; 3:10). They would not have crucified the Lord of glory: they became the unwitting executors of God’s plan, which will paradoxically bring about their own conquest and submission (1 Cor 15:24–28).
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