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#### Larger Catechism
<span class="q">Q 50.</span> Wherein consisted Christ's humiliation after his death?
<span class="q">A.</span> Christ's humiliation after his death consisted in his being buried,[^fnref:wlc1] and continuing in the state of the dead, and under the power of death till the third day;[^fnref:wlc2] which hath been otherwise expressed in these words, He descended into hell.
[^fnref:wlc1]: <div class="esv"><h5>1 Corinthians 15:3-4</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46015003.01-1">For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wlc2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 16:10</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19016010.01-1">For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>or let your holy one see corruption.</p> </div> </div><h5>Acts 2:24-27</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44002024.01-2">God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him,</p> <div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p44002025.06-2">“‘I saw the Lord always before me,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;<br /> therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>my flesh also will dwell in hope.<br /> For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>or let your Holy One see corruption.</p> </div> </div><h5>Acts 2:31</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p44002031.01-3">he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.</p> </div><h5>Romans 6:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45006009.01-4">We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.</p> </div><h5>Matthew 12:40</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40012040.01-5"><span class="woc">For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</span> (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>