22 Bijbelverzen over het binden van de vijand

In the Bible, the devil is bound in a parable and in a vision. Jesus tells of a strong man tied up (Matthew 12:29), and John sees an angel with a chain (Revelation 20:2). Believers are told to resist the devil (James 4:7), and Colossians 2:15 says the powers and authorities were disarmed “by the cross.” The words bind and loose in Matthew 16:19 and 18:18 are spoken first to Peter and then to the disciples. One Greek lexicon, Thayer’s,…