2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# The sea gave up the dead ... Death and Hades gave up the dead
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2023-09-19 15:38:19 +00:00
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Here John speaks of the sea, death, and Hades as if they were living persons.
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# the dead were judged
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2023-09-19 15:38:19 +00:00
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"God judged the dead people"
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# Hades
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2023-09-19 15:38:19 +00:00
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Here "Hades" is a metonym that represents the place where unbelievers go when they die, to wait for God's judgment.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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