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Preaching To The Spirits In Prison
(1 Pet. 3:18-22)
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Paul’s Epistles2 Pet. 3:15-16: 15and consider that the
longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
You, too Peter!!!
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A Difficult PassageMartin Luther: “This is
a more wonderful text and a darker saying than almost any in the New Testament, so that I do not rightly know what St Peter means.” (Quoted in Anthony Hanson, “Salvation Proclaimed,” The Expository Times, Jan. 1982, 93:100)
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A Difficult PassageJohn Feinberg: “As one approaches the
commentaries on this passage, he is met by a veritable maze of positions. Not only is there variation in understanding of the overall meaning of the passage, but there is also variety in interpretation of almost every element in it.” (“1 Peter 3:18-20, Ancient Mythology, And The Intermediate State,” Westminster Theological Journal, 1986, 48:306)
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A Difficult PassageR. T. France: “The whole passage has
given rise to more monographs, additional notes, and excursuses than almost any other. Yet there is probably no more agreement about its exegesis now than there ever has been.” (“Exegesis In Practice: Two Samples,” New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods, 1977, 264)
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1 Peter 3:18-20NKJV: 18For Christ also
suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19
by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah….
NASB: 18For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah….
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1 Peter 3:18-22NKJV NASB
“suffered” Vs. “died”
“by the Spirit” Vs. “in the spirit”
“by whom” Vs. “in which”
“preached” Vs. “made proclamation”
“spirits in prison” Vs. “spirits now in prison”
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The Context: SUFFERING 3:14: But even if you should suffer for
righteousness’ sake, you are blessed…. 3:17: For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer
for doing good than for doing evil. 3:18: For Christ also suffered once for sins, the
just for the unjust…. 4:1: Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the
flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
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Interpretation Must
Fit ContextR. T. France: “Our exegesis must then be
consistent with this context. Verses 18-22 must have something relevant to say to those facing fierce hostility in the name of Christ. It is the fault of many interpretations of the passage that they ignore this requirement, and so accuse the author of inserting an irrelevant doctrinal digression in the middle of his exhortation.” (Bold emphasis added, “Exegesis In Practice: Two Samples,” New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Principles and Methods, 1977, 265-266)
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Important Questions Who are the “spirits in prison”?
Who did the preaching?
When was this preaching done?
What was the content of this preaching?
Where was the prison?
What is the relevance to the context?
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Christ’s Suffering(1 Pet. 3:18)
Christ also suffered
Once
For sins (cf. Rom. 8:3)
The just for the unjust
Bring us to God
Put to death in the flesh
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Christ’s Triumph(1 Pet. 3:18-22)
Made alive in the spirit
In which
Also He went
Preached
Spirits in prison
Formerly were disobedient
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Flesh & Spirit(1 Pet. 3:18)
Jesus’ body vs. Jesus’ soul Jesus’ body vs. Holy Spirit Human nature vs. Divine nature Physical realm vs. Spiritual realm
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Flesh & Spirit – Body & Soul Mt. 26:41: “The spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.” (cf. Mk. 14:38) Lk. 24:39: “…a spirit does not have flesh
and bones as you see I have.” Jn 3:6: That which is born of the flesh is
flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
2 Cor. 7:1: “…let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit.”
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Flesh & Spirit – Body & HS Jn 3:6: That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Gal. 5:16-17: 16…Walk in the Spirit, and you
shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh;
Gal. 6:8: For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
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Flesh & Spirit:Physical & Spiritual Realms Gal. 3:3: Are you so foolish? Having begun
in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
Gal. 4:29: But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
1 Tim. 3:16: …God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit,
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Put To Death Vs. Made Alive(1 Pet. 3:18)
Physical death vs. Vivification Physical death vs. Resurrection
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Translating The Dative Case(1 Pet. 3:18)
Either: “by [the] flesh” and “by [the] Spirit”
Or: “in [the] flesh” and “in [the] spirit” (cf. ASV, NASB, RSV, NRSV, YLT)
Not: “in [the] flesh” and “by [the] Spirit” (cf. KJV, NKJV)
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Translating The Datives(1 Pet. 3:18)
Wayne Grudem: “It would…be somewhat unusual if the same grammatical structure used in parallel parts of the same sentence were meant to be understood differently (i.e. put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit).” (“1 Peter,” Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, 226)
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“In Which” “In which” is a relative pronoun referring
to “spirit”
• “In which”
• “By which”
• “In whom”
• “By whom”
“In which” means “on which occasion”
“spirit”
“spiritual realm”
“(Holy) Spirit”
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“Also He Went” Christ’s preexistence (1 Pet. 1:10-11)
Christ’s descent to Hades (Lk. 23:43; Acts 2:25-32)
Christ’s ascension (Mk. 16:19; Lk. 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11; 2:33)
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“Preached”(kerusso)
The Gospel Other Things• Repentance (Mt. 3:1-2)
• Gospel of kingdom (Mt. 4:23)
• Kingdom of heaven (Mt. 10:7)
• Liberty (Lk. 4:18)
• Kingdom of God (Lk. 9:2)
• Christ (Acts 8:5)
• Word (Acts 10:37)
• Secrets (Lk. 12:3)
• Healings (Mk. 1:45)
• Moses (Acts 15:21)
• Moral principle (Rom. 2:21)
• Another Jesus (2 Cor. 11:4)
• Circumcision (Gal. 5:11)
• Question (Rev. 5:2)
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“Prison”(phulake)
• Ignorance & sin
• Physical body
• Hades
• Tartarus
• Lower heavens
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Christian’s Attitude(1 Pet. 4:1-6)
The Attitude Christians Should Adopt (4:1)
The Christians’ Former Life In Sin (4:2-3)
The Reaction Of Unbelievers To The Christian’s New Life (4:4)
The Judgment Of These Unbelievers (4:5)
The Preaching Of The Gospel To The Dead (4:6)
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 3:18-20
Enoch Preached In The Underworld
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Enoch Translated & did not see death (Gen.
5:24; Heb. 11:5)
Prophesied about ungodly false teachers (Jude 3-4, 12-15)
Preached to fallen angels (1 Enoch 12:1-6; 13:1-10; 14:1-8; 16:1-4)
1 Enoch serves as the background
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An Emended Text“But, a number of modern scholars have
followed Griesbach’s conjecture that the original text was either Nōe kai (Noah also), or Enōch kai (Enoch also), or en hōi kai Enōch (in which Enoch also) which an early scribe misunderstood or omitted Enōch kai in copying homoioteleuton).” (Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, 6:116-117)
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Enoch PreachedMoffatt: “18Christ himself died for sins,
once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit 19(It was in the Spirit that Enoch also went and preached to the imprisoned spirits who had disobeyed at the time when God’s patience held out during the construction of the ark in the days of Noah….”
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Enoch PreachedGoodspeed: “18For Christ himself died
once for all, for sin, an upright man for unrighteous men, to bring us to God, and was physically put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit. 19In it Enoch went and preached even to those spirits that were in prison, who had once been disobedient, when in Noah’s time God in his patience waited for the ark to be made ready….”
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 3:18-20
Christ Preached In Limbo
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 3:18-20
Christ Preached Through The Apostles
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Chronological Sequence Death: “put to death in the flesh” (3:18)
Vivification or Resurrection: “made alive in the spirit” (3:18b)
Descent or Ascension: “He went” (3:19)
Preaching: “preached to the spirits in prison” (3:21)
Ascension: “who has gone into heaven” (3:22a)
Coronation: “at the right hand of God” (3:22b)
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 3:18-20
Christ Preached In Hades
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Flesh & Spirit Mt 26:41: 41…The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak.” (Mk. 14:38) Lk 24:39: 39 …Handle Me and see, for a spirit
does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”
Jn 3:6: 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
2 Cor. 7:1: 1Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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Spirit = Soul Lk 23:46: 46…“Father, ‘into Your hands I commit
My spirit.’” (cf. Acts 7:59) Heb 12:9: 9…Shall we not much more readily be
in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? Num. 16:22: 22…“O God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”
Num. 27:16: 16“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
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Spirit = Disembodied Soul Eccl. 12:7: Then the dust will return to the
earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Heb 12:23: to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,• Cf. Rev. 6:9; 20:4
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The Dead Go To
Sheol or Hades 1 Sam. 2:6: “The Lord kills and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol and raises up. Psa. 89:48: What man can live and not see
death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Pr 9:18: 18But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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The Dead Go To
Sheol or Hades
Isa. 14:9: “Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come; It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
Lk. 16:23: 23“In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
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The Ungodly AreReserved For Punishment
2 Pet. 2:9: then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,• The king of Babylon (Isa. 14:15ff)
• The rich man (Lk. 16:22-23)
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Conscience Existence(Lk. 16:19-31)
• Feeling (vv. 23-25, 28)
• Sight (v. 23)
• Speech (v. 24)
• Movement (v. 24)
• Taste (v. 24)
• Memory (v. 25)
• Desire (v. 26)
• Concern (vv. 27-28)
• Reasoning (vv. 29-31)
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Christ Went To
Sheol or Hades Psa. 16:10: For You will not abandon my soul to
Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
Acts 2:27: For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:31: he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.
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Gospel Preached To The Dead
1 Pet. 4:6: For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
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The Syriac Peshito
1 Peter 3:19: “And He preached (there) to the souls who were shut up in Sheol, those who had before been disobedient in the days of Noah.” (Quoted in Reicke, The Disobedient Spirits and Christian Baptism, 34)
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The “Church Fathers”
B. C. Caffin: “The early Greek Fathers appear to have held, with one consent, that Peter is here speaking of that descent into Hades of which He had spoken in His first great sermon (Acts ii:31).” (“1 Peter,” The Pulpit Commentary, 22:135)
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Christ’s Preaching In Hades
The gospel Release of righteous Condemnation Victory and
Judgment
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Righteous In Heaven “Receive my spirit” (Acts 7:55-56, 59) To die is to “be with the Lord” (Phil. 1:23) “Absent from the body” – “present with the
Lord” (2 Cor. 5:6-8) “Spirits of just men made perfect” (Heb.
12:22-24) Righteous dead in heaven (Rev. 6:9-11; 7:9-10,
13-17; 15:1-4) Jesus will bring righteous with Him (1 Th. 3:11-
13; 4:13-14)
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“Made Alive”(zoopoieo)
Resurrection from the dead (Jn. 5:21a; Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 15:22)
Giving spiritual life to those dead in sin (Jn. 5:21b; 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6; Gal. 3:21)
Quickening Abraham’s body to beget Isaac [?] (Rom. 4:17)
The sprouting of a seed (1 Cor. 15:36) The giving of life (1 Tim. 6:13)
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“Spirits” = Human Souls???J. Ramsey Michaels: “A human being
may have a spirit (i.e., a soul, or the life within a person; cf. e.g., Matt 27:50; Luke 23:46; John 19:30; Acts 7:59), but it is not normally said that one is a spirit, much less that a group of human beings collectively are ‘spirits’ ….” (“1 Peter,” Word Biblical Commentary, 49:207)
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“Spirits” = Human Souls???Gary L. Knapp: ”Elsewhere in the NT,
however, when Gk. pneumata occurs alone and unqualified, it never refers to human beings…. Thus He. 12:23 affords little support for this view, since in this verse pneumata is qualified and has an unequivocal human reference. Also, 1 Pet. 3:20 uses Gk. psyche, not pneuma, for human beings.” (ISBE, Rev. Ed., 3:976)
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The Spirits & The Dead1 Peter 3:19 1 Peter 4:6
“Spirits”(pneuma)
“Preached” (kerusso)
“Dead”(necros)
“Preached” (euangelizo)
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“Preached”(kerusso)
John S. Feinberg: “Kerysso is a cognate of keryx and has the fundamental meaning of ‘to act as a herald.’ There is nothing implicit in the meaning of the word which suggests the content of the heralding, but only that proclaiming or heralding is done.” (“1 Peter 3:18-20, Ancient Mythology, And The Intermediate State.” Westminster
Theological Journal, 1986, 48:325)
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“Preached”(kerusso)
Albert Barnes: “The word used here… is of a general character, meaning to make a proclamation of any kind, as a crier does, or to deliver a message, and does not necessarily imply that it was the gospel which was preached, nor does it determine anything in regard to the nature of the message. It is not affirmed that he preached the gospel, for if that specific idea had been expressed it would have been rather by another word….” (“James-Jude,” Barnes’ Notes, 177-178)
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“No Second Chance” After death comes judgment (Heb. 9:27) Dead cannot hope for God’s truth (Isa.
38:18-19) No “second chance” for rich man (Lk.
16:23-26) Give account for things done in body (2
Cor. 5:10) Wicked are reserved for punishment (2
Pet. 2:4-5, 9)
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 3:18-20
Christ Preached Through Noah
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Christ Was Active
Before The Incarnation 1 Cor. 10:4: and all drank the same
spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
1 Cor. 10:9: nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;
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Spirit of Christ &
OT Prophets1 Pet. 1:10-12: 10Of this salvation the
prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
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Noah:Preacher Of Righteousness
2 Pet 2:5: and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
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Working Through An Agent 2 Sam. 12:9: …You have killed Uriah the
Hittite with the sword…and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
Jn 4:1-2: 1Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John 2(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),
Jn. 14:18: I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
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Figurative Prisons Psa. 142:7: Bring my soul out of prison, That I may
praise Your name….
Isa. 42:7: To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.
Isa. 49:9: That You may say to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’….
Isa. 61:1: …He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
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Christ Preaching Through NoahFits The Context Noah was a minority (cf. 1 Pet. 3:13-14; 4:4, 12-13)
Noah was righteous (cf. 1 Pet. 3:10-14, 16-17, 4:3-4)
Noah preached boldly (cf. 1 Pet. 3:15)
Judgment was coming (cf. 1 Pet. 4:5, 7, 17-18; 2 Pet. 3:10)
God was waiting for repentance (cf. 2 Pet. 3:9-10)
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Translating The Dative Case(1 Pet. 3:18)
Either: “by [the] flesh” and “by [the] Spirit” Or: “in [the] flesh” and “in [the] spirit” Not: “in [the] flesh” and “by [the] Spirit”
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Chronological Sequence Death: “put to death in the flesh” (3:18)
Vivification or Resurrection: “made alive in the spirit” (3:18b)
Descent or Ascension: “He went” (3:19)
Preaching: “preached to the spirits in prison” (3:21)
Ascension: “who has gone into heaven” (3:22a)
Coronation: “at the right hand of God” (3:22b)
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 3:18-20
Christ Preached To Fallen Angels
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“Spirits”:Supernatural Beings
Good Spirits Evil Spirits• Angels (Heb. 1:7, 13-
14)
• Seven Spirits before the throne (Rev. 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6)
• Spirits & miraculous gifts (1 Cor. 12:10; 14:32)
• Demons (Mt. 8:16; Lk. 10:17, 20; Rev. 16:14)
• Unclean spirits (Mt. 12:43, 45; Lk. 11:24, 26)
• Spirits & false prophesy (1 Tim. 4:1; 1 Jn. 4:1)
• Spirits in prison (1 Pet. 3:18)
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“Made Alive”(zoopoieo)
Resurrection from the dead (Jn. 5:21a; Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 15:22)
Giving spiritual life to those dead in sin (Jn. 5:21b; 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6; Gal. 3:21)
Quickening Abraham’s body to beget Isaac [?] (Rom. 4:17)
The sprouting of a seed (1 Cor. 15:36) The giving of life (1 Tim. 6:13)
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“Sons of God” = AngelsJosephus: “[F]or many angels of God
accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, That these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.” (Bold emphasis added, Antiquities of the Jews, 1:3:73)
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“Sons of God” = AngelsPhilo: “‘And when the angels of God
saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful, they took unto themselves wives of all of them whom they chose.’ Those beings, whom other philosophers call demons, Moses usually calls angels; and they are souls hovering in the air.” (Bold emphasis added, On the Giants, II:6)
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1 Enoch & 1 Peter1 Enoch 1 Peter
12:4; 13:3 Journey 3:19
14:5 Proclamation 3:19
15:4, 6 To Spirits 3:19
10:4-6, 11-13; 18:14; 21:6, 10; 65:10-11; 67:4; 2 En. 7:1-3; 18:3
In Prison 3:19
19:1-2; 64:2; 106:13-15 Were Disobedient 3:20
6-10; 65-67; 106:13-17 Time of the Flood 3:20
See also Jubilees 5; 10; Test. Nap. 3:5; Test. Ruben 5:6-7; Apoc. Baruch 56:1-12; Philo De Gigantibus 2:1; Josephus Antiq. 1:3:1
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Fallen Angels In 1 Enoch “Spirits” (1 Enoch 15:4, 6, 8)
Imprisoned (1 Enoch 18:14; 21:10; 10:1ff)
Disobedient (1 Enoch 21:6; 106:13-14)
Noah and the flood (1 Enoch 6-10; 65-67; 106:13-17)
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“Sons of God” = AngelsKenneth Wuest: “This was the prevailing
view of the passage in the ancient synagogue of the Jews. Josephus, Jewish historian of the first century, speaks of the sons of God of Genesis 6 as angels, and in such a way as to indicate that that was the commonly accepted interpretation in his day. It was the view held by Christian theologians for the first three or four centuries of the Church.” (Bold emphasis added, “1 Peter.” Wuest’s Word Studies From The Greek New Testament : For The English Reader, 104)
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Angels Are Imprisoned 2 Pet. 2:4: For if God did not spare the
angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
Jude 6: And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;
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Angels & The Flood 2 Pet. 2:4-5: 4For if God did not spare the
angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
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Angels & Sin of SodomJude 6-7: 6And the angels who did not keep
their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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Christ & VictoryEph 4:8-10: 8Therefore He says: “When He
ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” 9(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
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Christ Preaching To AngelsFits The Context Preaching was done by Jesus Himself (not
through Noah) Preaching was done by Jesus after “being
put to death in the flesh” (not in His pre-incarnate state)
Preaching was done by Jesus after He was “made alive in the spirit” (i.e. after His resurrection, not during the three day period between His death and resurrection)
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Christ Preaching To Angels
Fits The Context Preaching was to the spirits (i.e. angelic
spirits) Preaching was done while these spirits were
in prison (not in the days of Noah before they were imprisoned)
Preaching was to the spirits who were formerly disobedient
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Christ Preaching To Angels
Fits The Context Preaching was a proclamation of victory
over death, not an offer of a second chance to a select few
Preaching was appropriate in light of Christ’s subjection of “angels and authorities and powers” (1 Pet. 3:22)
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Rebuttal Material “Sons of God” refers to the righteous (Mt. 5:9;
Lk. 20:36; Rom. 8:14, 19; Gal. 3:26)
Targums and Rabbinic literature view “sons of God” as human beings
Jewish tradition does not uniformly link the sin of angels with the flood
No conclusive proof that the angels who sinned (2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6) were disobedient in the days of Noah
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Rebuttal Material Angels do not marry (Mt. 22:29-30; Mk.
12:25; Lk. 20:34-35)
Angels do not have opportunity to repent (cf. Heb. 2:16; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6)
The setting is that of human life (1 Pet. 3:20)
Why did Jesus proclaim victory only to disobedient angels in Noah’s day?
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Could The “Sons Of God” Be Angels?
Angels are called “sons of God” (Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Dan. 3:25, 28)
Angels could take human form (Gen. 18:1-2, 22; 19:1, 15)
Angels could eat food (Gen. 18:6-8) Angels in heaven do not marry (Mt. 22:30; Mk.
12:25; Lk. 20:34-36) What about disobedient angels who come to
earth?
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Christ Preaching To Angels
Fits The ContextPhil Roberts: “Peter assures his readers that they can be
confident of victory because Christ, in the process of his own suffering and glorification, has already gone and proclaimed victory over (or judgment on) the very evil spirits that contributed to the destruction of the world of Noah – the world that was. Thus they need not fear that another generation of such evil spirits will destroy the salvation that they have in Christ. …. They will be saved by the one ‘who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him’ (1 Pet. 3:22).” (“The Spirits In Prison: Three Possible Interpretations.” Unpublished Class Notes, 10)
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 4:6
Christ Preached The Gospel In Hades
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Rebuttal Material Assumes Christ does preaching
Passage rarely linked to Christ’s descent to Hades
Ignores apparent chronological sequence
Does not fit the context
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Chronological Sequence Preaching the gospel
Being judged by human beings
Living in the eyes of God
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Doesn’t Fit ContextWilliam Dalton: “It seems highly unlikely
that, in the midst of this train of thought, the writer should suddenly go off on a tangent, in an effort to explain how Christ can judge ‘the living and the dead’….the general thrust of 1 Peter is not directed to the conversion of the pagan persecutors, but rather to the survival of Christians in a hostile environment.” (Bold emphasis added, Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits: A Study of 1 Peter 3:18-4:6, 55)
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 4:6
Christ Preached The Good News Of Salvation In Hades
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Rebuttal Material Assumes Christ does preaching
No clear indication that “the dead” refers to the “righteous dead”
Preaching cannot lead to judgment of death
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 4:6
The Gospel Was Preached To The Spiritually Dead
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Rebuttal Material Preaching (aorist) cannot refer to ongoing
preaching to the spiritually dead
“The dead” (v. 6) should be interpreted the same as “the dead” (v. 5)
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Interpretations Of 1 Pet. 4:6
The Gospel Was Preached To The Living Who Have Since Died
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Rebuttal Material Obvious meaning of preaching to the dead
suggests that the people who heard the preaching were dead at the time
Since “the dead” (v. 5) refers to all the dead, “the dead” (v. 6) should refer to all the dead
Since the judgment (v. 5) refers to Final Judgment, the judgment (v. 6) should refer to Final Judgment
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Practical Lessons Some things in the Bible are hard to
understand (2 Pet. 3:15-16) Careful diligent study is required to
understand difficult Bible passages Some things are not as simple as they
may appear to be (Pr. 18:17)