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Colossians 1:13
"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son". ESV. My emphasis. [domain/exousias].
Matthew 28:18
"And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me". [authority/exousia].
As all authority has been given to Jesus what "authority/exousias" does the domain of darkness have?
Troy Day
THIS is a TRICKY one Philip Williams John Mushenhouse Neil Steven Lawrence In Colossians 1:13, the term “domain” in “the domain of darkness” refers to a realm or sphere of influence dominated by sin and evil. It signifies the oppressive spiritual authority or rule that holds people captive, contrasting with the liberating domain of Christ’s kingdom. This imagery emphasizes the transformational shift from living under spiritual darkness to embracing the light and freedom found in Christ.
Philip Williams
Troy Day darkness rules when people believe lies. But Jesus is the light.
Neil Steven Lawrence
Troy Day the word “kingdom“ is the place
(domain) where the king rules. The whole earth will be the Kingdom of God during the Thousand Year  Reign. 
John Mushenhouse
Neil Steven Lawrence He asked for domain of darkness. That word is not basileian which is kingdom but exousias = authority — very similar but it is speaking of our pre-conversion state and not a just a general definition. Further it is masterly over as a superior over a lesser. So you can see Paul isn’t speaking of end times, but we once were slaves of Satan, but now we are in God’s kingdom. Going deeper into the Greek (exousia from éxesti = it is permitted, it is lawful) means the power to do something and was a technical term used in the law courts, of a legal right. “Authority or right is the dominant meaning (of exousia) in the New Testament.” (Vincent) Exousía refers to delegated authority and combines the idea of the “right and the might”, these attributes having been granted to someone.. We were of our Father the Devil , but now we have been transferred into the Kingdom. While enslaved we had no freedom of choice, right to act, decide, etc. Thus we need salvation which faith in Christ brings We were in the Devil’s jurisdiction which means under the power He had as given by God and not a place which a Kingdom is.— Wuest writes that exousía means literally “to be out and was used of that authority which a person has which is delegated to him from someone else. The person delegating the authority is in a sense out of himself and acting in the person to whom he has delegated the authority. Thus, the word means “delegated authority.” The word means also “the power of authority and of right.” It was used in legal practice of delegated authority. Here it is used of our Lord as having that authority in Himself, not derived from others. The rabbis quoted from other rabbis and felt themselves to be expounders of tradition. The Messiah struck a new note here, and the people were quick to recognize it. They saw that here was a Teacher who spoke on His own authority.. God gave the power — see Job .– Lightfoot translates it as Lightfoot: Yes, by a strong arm he rescued us from the lawless tyranny of darkness, removed us from the land of our bondage, and settled us as free citizens in our new and glorious home, where his Son, the offspring and the representative of his love, is King;—-Phillips has it For we must never forget that he rescued us from the power of darkness, and re-established us in the kingdom of his beloved Son, that is, in the kingdom of light —-Wuest who delivered us out of the tyrannical rule of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we are having our liberation, procured by the payment of ransom — so you see it isn’t a place it is a subjection.—Darkness = Skotos It is sometimes used of natural or intellectual darkness but is most frequently used metaphorically, of moral and spiritual darkness, the present condition of the world, which reflects the character of the evil spiritual powers that dominate it. —- There is so much more Neil, but do your exegesis on the context and not a general definition. A simple reading in Greek will show it isn’t quite the same as Kingdom. Troy Day do you agree?