Question: what does 1 peter 3 19 mean?
Answer: View 5. Support for the understanding that the spirits in prison are angelic beings and not people is thought to be confirmed by II Peter 2:4–5 and Jude 6, which refer to rebellious angels, punished by God with imprisonment. ... In I Peter 3:19, the word is phylake (can also be anglic. as Phylace), meaning prison.