Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

And, “You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.