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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 hē graphē (Scripture). But it comes to God after all. See note on Act 2:17. The quotation is from Psa 68:18, a Messianic Psalm of victory which Paul adapts and interprets for Christ’s triumph over death.
He led captivity captive (ēichmalōteusen aichmalōsian). Cognate accusative of aichmalōsian, late word, in N.T. only here and Rev 13:10. The verb also (aichmalōteuō) is from the old word aichmalōtos, captive in war (in N.T. only in Luk 4:18), in lxx and only here in N.T.