The Spirits in Prison: 1 Peter 3

by E.W. Bullinger

This is Bullinger’s thorough treatment of this difficult passage from 1 Peter. This publication is a compilation of E.W. Bullinger’s booklet The Spirits in Prison and the chapter of the same title in his book Selected Writings. The only difference, other than set out, was that in Selected Writing some of the footnotes were included in the text, while others, more technical in character, were excluded altogether. In this production the more general footnotes are included in the text, and the more technical ones have superscripts and are added as endnotes. Thus the reader does not miss out on anything Bullinger wrote.

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2006

About the author

E. W. (Ethelbert William) Bullinger was born in England. A direct dissent of Swiss reformer Johann Heinrich Bullinger, a covenant theologian, he was born and raised in a home strongly influenced by Wesleyan Methodist doctrine. An Anglican priest as well as secretary of the Trinitarian Bible Society, he is primarily known as a theologian who published numerous books. He is most commonly known for The Companion Bible.

Some of his theology was and remains controversial, but there is no arguing that he had an in-depth knowledge of Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew. Some of his more popular books still in extant include his Figures of Speech Used in the Bible and Number in Scripture.