Day 68. What does the Creed mean by saying that Jesus descended to the dead? (2025)

Today is day 68 and we are in the section on the Second Article of the Apostles' Creed on Jesus Christ the Son of God. Today we are on the eighth line: “was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead” and studying question 68.

68. What does the Creed mean by saying that Jesus descended to the dead?

That Jesus descended to the dead means that he truly died and entered the place of the departed. (Psalm 16:9–10; Acts 2:25–32; Ephesians 4:9–10; 1 Peter 3:18–19)

We will conclude today with the Second Collect for Holy Saturday found on page 578 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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