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inἐνwhichᾧhe alsoκαὶwentπορευθεὶςand proclaimedἐκήρυξενto the spiritsτοῖς πνεύμασινinἐνprison,φυλακῇ
1 Peter 3:19
Study it in the app“in which he also went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Peter 3:19, word by word
- wentπορευθεὶςporeutheis
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreutheis” appears- and proclaimedἐκήρυξενekēryxen
proclaim
Proclaim aloud, like a herald announcing a message on behalf of the king.
Where else “ekēryxen” appears- to the spiritsπνεύμασινpneumasin
evil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneumasin” appears- prisonφυλακῇphylakēi
prison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakēi” appears
Translation note
The text does not specify what he proclaimed; v. 20 identifies these spirits with those who disobeyed in the days of Noah. It can be understood as an announcement to rebellious spirits (compare Genesis 6:1-4), as a proclamation through Noah to the people of his time, or as a proclamation to the dead (compare 4:6).
The context
18Because the Messiah also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that he might bring you to God, put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
19 · This verse (above)
20who had once disobeyed, when the patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.