1. 1 Peter 3:22 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why are the words “has gone” important?

1 Peter 3:22 (ESV)

22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

Here Peter repeats the exact same word he used in 1 Peter 3:19 as to where Jesus went upon his resurrection from the dead; that is, Peter finishes the thought he began there (and from which he had briefly digressed). In 1 Peter 3:19 Peter said that Jesus’ going was itself a proclamation of victory heard clearly by imprisoned spirits (demons). Now Peter expands on the going through listing Jesus’ destination and the events that ensued upon his arrival.