(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Do not suppose when you hear this that he has changed the subject. For his design here is just the same as in the epistle to the Philippians. When he was exhorting them there to be humble he showed them Christ. So he does also here too, showing that even Christ descended to the lowest parts of the earth. .
