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Originally Posted by Here Am I
Do you have BCV (book, chapter, verse) to prove that?
I've heard similar assertations, but have never gotten Scriptural backing from anyone on it.
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1 Peter 3:18 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:
1 Peter 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
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Why did He need to preach to those in prison? To set them free!
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Matthew 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Matthew 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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Christ had to descend before He could ascend. When He descended, He preached to the souls in prison. Upon His resurrection, those saints He preached to were seen alive again in the cities. He had indeed liberated them!