(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
The “lower parts of the earth” here means death, by a human metaphor. … And why does he mention this region here? What sort of captivity is he speaking of? That of the devil. He has taken captive the tyrant, the devil and death, the curse and sin. .
