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NASB | 1 Peter 3:19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 3:19 in which He also went and preached to the spirits now in prison, |
Bible Question:
Who are these spirits Jesus preached to? Does this refer to Jesus going down to hell between his death and resurrection? If so then why would he only preach to those who were round at the time of Noah, and what would be the point of preaching to them , since they couldn't choose to follow him anyway. Could this refer to Christ appearing on earth in Noahs time to try win back people? Or maybe just his spirit being on earth trying to get through to peoples hearts before the flood? Is there anything else in the bible that would support Christ or his Spirit being on earth before the flood? I am interested to hear peoples ideas, as I can't make sense of this. Thanks |
Bible Answer: Greetings Diomede, (1 Peter 3:19 KJV) By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; "By which" - Spirit, his own Divine energy and authority. "He went and preached" - By the ministry of Noah, one hundred and twenty years. "Unto the spirits in prison" - The inhabitants of the antediluvian world, who, having been disobedient, and convicted of the most flagrant transgressions against God, were sentenced by his just law to destruction. But their punishment was delayed to see if they would repent; and the long-suffering of God waited one hundred and twenty years, which were granted to them for this purpose; during which time, as criminals tried and convicted, they are represented as being in prison - detained under the arrest of Divine justice, which waited either for their repentance or the expiration of the respite, that the punishment pronounced might be inflicted. (Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible) (Genesis 6:3 KJV) And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Noah, a preacher: (2 Peter 2:5 KJV) And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; Hope this helps, terrib |