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Here Paul writes, “In saying, ‘He ascended,’ what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?”ĭoes this mean that Christ “descended” to hell? The point of the passage is that Paul is telling people not to ask these questions, because Christ is not far away-he is near-and faith in him is as near as confessing with our mouth and believing in our heart (v. 30:13): “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down) or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”īut this passage hardly teaches that Christ descended into hell. These verses contain two rhetorical questions, again Old Testament quotations (from Deut. Peter is using David’s psalm to show that Christ’s body did not decay-he is therefore unlike David, who “died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day” This is part of Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost, where he quotes Psalm 16:10: “because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.”ĭoes this mean Jesus entered hell? Not necessarily. There are five Bible passages used to support the idea that Christ really did descend into hell between his death and resurrection. What does the Bible say? 5 passages used to support the descent into hell Finally, some have argued that the phrase means just what it appears to mean on first reading: that Christ actually did descend into hell after his death on the cross.The Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 50 takes this approach: “Christ’s humiliation after his death consisted in his being buried, and continuing in the state of the dead, and under the power of death till the third day which hath been otherwise expressed in these words, He descended into hell.” Others have understood it to mean that Christ continued in the “state of death” until his resurrection.Calvin takes this approach, as does the Heidelberg Catechism. Some take this phrase to mean that Christ suffered the pains of hell while on the cross.There have been three possible meanings proposed throughout church history: Later when the phrase was incorporated into different versions of the Creed that already had the phrase “and buried,” some other explanation had to be given to it. 650 no version of the Creed included this phrase with the intention of saying that Christ “descended into hell”-and the only version to include the phrase before A.D. We should also note that the phrase only appears in one of the two versions of the Creed that we have from Rufinus: it was not in the Roman form of the Creed that he preserved. 650, did not think that it meant that Christ descended into hell, but understood the phrase simply to mean that Christ was “buried.” In other words, he took it to mean that Christ “descended into the grave.” (The Greek form has hadēs, which can mean just “grave,” not geenna, “hell, place of punishment.”). Moreover, Rufinus, the only person who included it before A.D. Then it was not included again in any version of the Creed until A.D.
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It is surprising to find that the phrase “he descended into hell” was not found in any of the early versions of the Creed (in the versions used in Rome, in the rest of Italy, and in Africa) until it appeared in one of two versions from Rufinus in A.D. Its origins, where they can be found, are far from praiseworthy. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at did the phrase come from?Ī murky background lies behind much of the history of the phrase itself. You may unsubscribe from these email communications at any time. For Students Pursue a deeper knowledge of God through self-paced college- and seminary-level online courses in Old and New Testament studies, theology, biblical Greek, and more.īy submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from HarperCollins Christian Publishing (501 Nelson Place, Nashville, TN 37214 USA) providing information about products and services of HCCP and its affiliates.For Instructors and School Administrators Enhance your school’s traditional and online education programs by easily integrating online courses developed from the scholars and textbooks you trust.