1 Peter 3:19 (WEB)
in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Catechism · 1
“But he descended there as Saviour, proclaiming the Good News to the spirits imprisoned there.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Pt 3:18-19.
Fathers and councils · 14
Tertullian
“With the same law of His being He fully complied, by remaining in Hades in the form and condition of a dead man; nor did He ascend into the heights of heaven before descending into the lower parts of the earth, that He might there make the patriarchs and prophets partakers of Himself.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 19.
Read the whole comment“Now, that the very Lord Himself of all might, the Word and Spirit of the Father, was operating and preaching on earth, it was necessary that the portion of the Holy Spirit which, in the form of the prophetic gift, had been through John…” — editor's note: “It is most certain that the Son of God, the second Person of the Godhead, is in the writings of the fathers throughout called by the title of Spirit, Spirit…
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“It was for this reason, too, that the Lord descended into the regions beneath the earth, preaching His advent there also, and [declaring] the remission of sins received by those who believe in Him.” — editor's note: [1 Pet. iii. 19, 20.]
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John Damascene
“…and of sight to the blind, and became to those who believed the Author of everlasting salvation and to those who did not believe a reproach of their unbelief, so He might become the same to those in Hades: That every knee should bow to Him, of things in heaven, and things in earth and things under the earth.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Neither let me be deceived in them, nor deceive out of them.” — editor's note: Augustin is always careful to distinguish between the certain truths of faith and doctrine which all may know, and the mysteries of Scripture which all have…
Read the whole comment“…destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it; He does not say so for this reason, that the Lord’s yoke is rough, or His burden heavy; but because few are willing to bring their labours to an end, giving…” — editor's note: The narrowness of the way is taken to represent the self-denial and hardships of disciples (Meyer, Mansel, etc.), or righteousness (Bengel, Schaff, etc.). “The…
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.5Book II
“Whereunto also baptism by a like figure now saves you.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 18–21.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He was “made” in so far as that was concerned wherein He was due to hell, wherein He was reckoned with others, for the Godhead admits of no likeness which may be ground for classing it with others.” — editor's note: “Due” by His own and the Father’s Will. Some reference also, perhaps, to the preaching to the spirits in Hades, a necessary part of our Lord’s work and…
Read the whole comment“Now, if it please you, let us grant that, in accordance with the mystic prophecy, the substance of Christ was present in the underworld—for truly He did exert His power in the lower world to set free, in the soul which animated His own body, the souls of the dead, to loose the bands of death, to remit sins.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 19.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“This Body it was that was laid in a grave, when the Word had left it, yet was not parted from it, to preach, as Peter says, also to the spirits in prison.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 19.
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John Chrysostom
“Thou wilt see the hiding places, and the dens of the robber, broken up now, and laid open, for even there also was our King present.” — editor's note: See 1 Pet. iii. 19, 20; iv. 6; St. Iren. iv. 45; iii. 23; iv. 39, 56, 66; v. 31; Orig. in Joan, t. ii. 30; contr. Cels. ii. 43; in Rom. lib. 5, l. t. iv. 551.…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“If He descend into Hell, descend with Him.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 19.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Do not [the Scriptures] show that the Lord preached the Gospel to those that perished in the flood, or rather had been chained, and to those kept “in ward and guard”?” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 19, 20.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…our Adam through Himself; and of things under the earth, because He was also reckoned among the dead, preaching the Gospel to the souls of the saints, (and) by death overcoming death.” — editor's note: 1 Pet. iii. 19.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount II.23.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 55.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.29.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.29.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.29.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 55.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.29.
Cited together in Catechism §632.
Cited together in Catechism §632.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 55.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 55.
Cited together in Catechism §632.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.29.
Cited together in Catechism §632.