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= Harrowing of Hell
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The Harrowing of Hell is a concept in Christian theology that refers to the event in which Jesus Christ, after his crucifixion and before his resurrection, descended into Hell (or the realm of the dead) to liberate the souls of the righteous who had died before his coming. This event is not explicitly detailed in the canonical Gospels but is alluded to in passages such as 1 Peter 3:18-20 and Ephesians 4:9-10.