Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 50
Question 50
Wherein consisted Christ's humiliation after his death?
Christ's humiliation after his death consisted in his being buried, and continuing in the state of the dead, and under the power of death till the third day; which hath been otherwise expressed in these words, he descended into hell.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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1 Corinthians 15:3-43For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Psalms 16:1010For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Acts 2:24-2724But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
25David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Acts 2:3131Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Romans 6:99For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
Matthew 12:4040For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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