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1Pe 3:22. Ὅς ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καταπιὼν τὸν θάνατον, ἵνα ζωῆς αἰωνίοι κληρονόμοι γενώμεθα) Such is the reading of the version which is by far the most ancient of all. Who is on the right hand of God, after having swallowed up death, that we might be made the heirs of eternal life.[34] This reading is followed by Augustine, Cassiodorus, Fulgentius, Beda, and, as Mill affirms, by all the Latin writers. See App. Crit. Ed. ii. on this passage. Peter derives special uses from the sufferings of Christ, from His death, from His return to life, from His resurrection, from His going into heaven, from His judging the quick and dead; but from His sitting at the right hand of God he either derives no use, or that which is still read in the Latin Version. By His death, Christ altogether destroyed death: but His sitting on the right hand of God presupposes that this death has been once for all exhausted, that He may claim life for us; and it involves a STATE of LIFE which is glorious, eternal, and salutary for us. Act 2:28; Rom 6:9-10; Heb 7:16; Heb 7:24-25; 1Co 15:54; Joh 14:19. The signification of past time in καταπιὼν ought especially to be considered.-πορευθεὶς) after that He had gone.-ἀγγέλων, angels) To Him angels are subject, and that too of all ranks, whether good or evil; and so also are men.
[34] “Qui est in dexterâ Dei, [deglutiens mortem, ut vitæ æternæ hæredes efficeremur.”] Vulgate in Amiat. and other oldest MSS. Fuldensis MS., however, and others, omit the words in brackets; and they are not supported by Greek MSS.-E.