1 Peter 3:19

in to{which} also to{the[plural] spirits} in to{custody[i.e. prison]}, be[ing]-gone, he-proclaims,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

In Context

18that also Anointed dies-off/away once about of{sins} over/for-the-sake of{us}, [the] just over/for-the-sake of{[the] unjust}, in-which-place he-may-lead_us_toward to{the God}, on-one-hand put-to-death to{flesh}; on-the-other-hand, made-alive to{Spirit},

20to{[the] be[ing]-unpersuaded/stubborn/noncompliant} at-what-time when he-has-been-receiving-out-off/away[i.e. waiting off/away for] the far-[furious]desire-ia[i.e. longsuffering] of{the God} in to{[the] days} [of-]Noah of{[the] ark being-equip-ized/furnished}, into which few lives, the-same is-being eight, are-saved-through through of{water},

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Cross References

1 Peter 4:6for into the-same also to{dead[plural]} it-is-good-message-ized, in-which-place, on-one-hand, they-may-be-judged according-to men to{flesh}; on-the-other-hand, they-may-be-being-alive according-to God to{spirit}.

Revelation 20:7and when-supposing the thousand years may-be-completed, the Satan/adversary will-be-loosed out of{the custody} of{same},

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:19-21

Christ's Sufferings. ( a. d. 66.) 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. Here, I. The example of Christ is proposed as an argument for… Read the whole commentary →

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