---
title: 'Christ Preaching to the Spirits in Prison'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, Sr.'
date: 1890-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Revelation (General and Special Revelation)'
- 'Intermediate State'
scriptures:
- 'Mark 16'
- 'Ephesians 4'
- 'Ephesians 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/witherspoon-1890-christ-preaching-to-the-spirits-in-prison
---

# Christ Preaching to the Spirits in Prison

Scholarly exegesis of 1 Peter 3:18–20 arguing Christ's 'preaching to the spirits in prison' is a post‑resurrection proclamation of victory, not a descent into hell or post‑mortem probation.

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