1PET 3:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and with that life he also went to the spirits in prison and preached to them—

Key: khaki:verbs, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST The Spirit also enabled him to go and announce God’s victory to the evil spirits whom God had imprisoned.

BSB in whom [fn] He also went and preached to the spirits in prison

3:19 Or in the spirit, 19 in which

BLB in which also having gone, He preached to the spirits in prison

AICNT in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,

OEB And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,

WEB in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,

NET In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

LSV by which, having gone, He also preached to the spirits in prison,

FBV He went to speak to those “imprisoned”[fn]

3:19 Or “imprisoned souls.” There has been much debate over this phrase. The same word used for “souls” should note the same word is used for the eight people in verse 20. Some understand those “imprisoned” as those people at the time of the Flood who were “held captive” by their sinfulness (see Genesis 6:5).

TCNT in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

T4T The Spirit also helped him as he went to proclaim God’s victory to the evil spirits whom God had imprisoned in the heavens (OR, to the spirits of those who had died, and who were in the place where the spirits of dead people are).

LEB • and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,

BBE By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those

MOF No MOF 1PET book available

ASV in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

DRA In which also coming he preached to those spirits that were in prison:

YLT in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

DBY in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison,

RV in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

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

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

BB In which spirite, he also went & preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson,
(In which spirit, he also went and preached unto the spirits that were in pryson,)

GNV By the which hee also went, and preached vnto the spirits that are in prison.
(By the which he also went, and preached unto the spirits that are in prison. )

CB In the which sprete he also wente, and preached vnto ye spretes that were in preson,
(In the which spirit he also wente, and preached unto ye/you_all spirits that were in preson,)

TNT In which sprete he also wet and preached vnto the spretes that were in preson
(In which spirit he also wet and preached unto the spirits that were in preson )

WYC For which thing he cam in spirit, and also to hem that weren closid togidre in prisoun prechide;
(For which thing he came in spirit, and also to them that were closid together in prisoun preached;)

LUT In demselbigen ist er auch hingegangen und hat geprediget den Geistern im Gefängnis,
(In demselbigen is he also hingegangen and has geprediget the spirits in_the Gefängnis,)

CLV In quo et his, qui in carcere erant, spiritibus veniens prædicavit:[fn]
(In quo and his, who in carcere erant, spiritibus veniens prædicavit:)

3.19 In carcere. ID. Qui habent sensum obscuratum tenebris, merito etiam in hac vita dicuntur carcere inclusi, et in hoc interiori carcere mentis operibus injustis gravantur, donec carne soluti in exteriores tenebras projiciantur æternæ damnationis. Habent et justi hic carcerem, sed tribulationum, reprobi vero vitiorum.

3.19 In carcere. ID. Who habent sensum obscuratum darkness, merito also in hac vita dicuntur carcere inclusi, and in hoc interiori carcere mentis operibus injustis gravantur, until carne soluti in exteriores tenebras proyiciantur æternæ damnationis. Habent and justi this carcerem, but tribulationum, reprobi vero vitiorum.

UGNT ἐν ᾧ καὶ τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν πορευθεὶς ἐκήρυξεν,
(en hō kai tois en fulakaʸ pneumasin poreutheis ekaʸruxen,)

SBL-GNT ἐν ᾧ καὶ τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν πορευθεὶς ἐκήρυξεν,
(en hō kai tois en fulakaʸ pneumasin poreutheis ekaʸruxen, )

TC-GNT ἐν ᾧ καὶ τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασι πορευθεὶς ἐκήρυξεν,
(en hō kai tois en fulakaʸ pneumasi poreutheis ekaʸruxen, )

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν ᾧ

in which

Here, which refers to “spirit” in the previous verse. As in the previous verse, this could refer to: (1) the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: “by means of the Spirit” (2) Jesus’ spiritual existence. Alternate translation: “in the spiritual realm”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἐκήρυξεν

˱he˲_proclaimed

Peter is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. This phrase could mean: (1) Jesus proclaimed God’s victory over sin and death, which he accomplished through his death and resurrection. Alternate translation: “he proclaimed God’s victory” (2) Jesus preached the gospel to wicked people indirectly through the preaching of Noah during the time before the great flood. This interpretation is less likely to be correct, because it would mean that Noah was actually the one preaching and Peter does not mention Noah preaching or Jesus’ pre-incarnate existence anywhere in this letter. Alternate translation: “he preached the gospel”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν

˱to˲_the in prison ˱to˲_spirits

Here, spirits could refer to: (1) evil spirits whom God imprisoned because of what they did before the flood that occurred in Noah’s time (See: 2 Peter 2:4–5; Jude 6–7; Genesis 6:1–4), as in the UST. (2) the spirits of people who died during the flood that occurred in Noah’s time. This interpretation is a less likely to be correct because Peter never refers to people as spirits, but rather “souls,” as in the next verse. Alternate translation: “to those people who had died and were in prison”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν φυλακῇ

in in prison

Here Peter uses prison as a metaphor. It could refer to: (1) a place where God imprisoned certain evil spirits whom he will judge when he judges the whole world (See: 2 Peter 2:4–5; Jude 6–7). Alternate translation: “whom God had imprisoned to await judgment” (2) the place where sinful people go when they die. Alternate translation: “in hell”

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