12按照歌罗西二章十五节,神将执政的和掌权的脱下。…我们…必须看见,当基督在十字架上时,神一直在作事。那时十字架乃是宇宙的中心。救主、罪、撒但、我们和神都在那里。神在那里审判罪,并将律法钉在十字架上。当祂这样作的时候,执政的和掌权的全都围着神和基督。…十三至十五节的主词乃是神。神叫我们一同与基督活过来,将规条钉在十字架上,将执政的和掌权的脱下,把他们公然示众,并在凯旋中向他们夸胜。毫无疑问,当基督被钉十字架时,执政的和掌权的都群聚在祂周围。神和基督都一直在作事。基督的工作是被钉死,神的工作则是审判罪和一切消极的事物,并将律法和律法的规条钉在十字架上。围着神和基督的那些执政者和掌权者也在作事。他们若没有紧紧围逼,神怎能将他们脱下?“脱下”这辞指明,他们靠得很近,就像我们的衣服与我们的身体那样接近。神借着将执政的和掌权的脱下,就把他们公然示众。祂公开地羞辱他们,并且在凯旋中向他们夸胜。这是何等大的一件事!(歌罗西书生命读经,二三四至二三五页。)
12According to Colossians 2:15, God stripped off the rulers and authorities… We must see that while Christ was on the cross, God was working. At that time the cross was the center of the universe. The Savior, sin, Satan, we, and God all were there. God was there judging sin and nailing the law to the cross. As He was doing this, the rulers and authorities gathered around God and Christ…The subject of verses 13 through 15 is God…God made us alive together with Christ, nailed the ordinances to the cross, stripped off the rulers and authorities, made a display of them openly, and triumphed over them. No doubt, the rulers and authorities had swarmed around Christ as He was being crucified. Both God and Christ were working. Christ’s work was His crucifixion, whereas God’s work was to judge sin and all the negative things and to nail the law with its ordinances to the cross. The rulers and authorities who had gathered around God and Christ were also working. If they had not pressed in closely, how could God have stripped them off? The words stripping off indicate that they were very close, as close as our garments are to our body. By stripping off the rulers and authorities, God made a display of them openly. He openly put them to shame and triumphed over them. What a great matter this is! (Life-study of Colossians, second edition, pp. 190-191)