Question. Why dost thou also add, that he was buried?
Answer. His body was laid in grave, that his death should be most evident, and that all men might certainly know it. For if he by and by had revived, many would have brought his death in debate and question, and made it doubtful.
Scripture Reference: Matt. 12:40 and 27:59-60; 1 Cor. 15:5
Question. What does it mean that Christ “descended into hell”?
Answer. That as Christ in his body descended into the bowels of the earth, so in his soul severed from his body, he descended into hell; and that therewith also, the virtue of his death so pierced through to the dead and the very Hell itself, that both the souls of the unbelieving felt their most painful and just damnation for infidelity, and Satan himself, the Prince of hell, felt that all the power of his tyranny and darkness was weakened, vanquished, and fallen to ruin; and on the other side, the dead who while they lived, believed in Christ, understood that the work of their redemption was not finished, and perceived the effect and strength thereof with most sweet and assured comfort.
Scripture Reference: 1 Pet. 1:19; John 8:24; 1 Cor. 15:54-55; Heb. 1:14-15; John 5:25, 28, 11:25, 26; Rom. 14:8-9; Col. 1:13-14, 19-20