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NASB | Revelation 1:18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:18 and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead). |
Bible Question: Looking for book,chapter, and verse in Bible re: Jesus going to Hell and taking keys away from Satan, before ascending into Heaven after crucifixion. |
Bible Answer: Droach, BradK is absolutely correct. Another passage that is sometimes take to say that Christ decended into hell is Ephesians 4, however I think that one is very clearly not saying that when you do a good exegisis of it. However, it is worth noting that the Apostles Creed, one of the earliest creeds of the church that we can point to, states that Christ decended into hell. Later reformed thought, at least Calvin I know, suggests this simply refers to what He endured on the cross. Its really only my respect for the apostle's creed that even causes me to humor the idea of it. Yet, to this day I can't say that I can find the notion in any place in scripture and I think it best that we don't speculate. In Christ, Beja |