Harrowing of Hell refers not merely to the idea that Christ descended into Hell, as in the Creed, but to the rich tradition that developed later, asserting that he triumphed over "inferos", releasing Hell's captives, particularly Adam and Eve, and the righteous men and women of the Old Testament period. In Classical mythology Hades is the underworld inhabited by departed souls and the god Pluto is its ruler. The New Testament uses the term "Hades" to refer to the abode or state of the dead. In some places it seems to represent a neutral place where the dead awaited the death, burial, and
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof κακία αὐτῆς ("arketon tē hēmera hē kakia autes"); alternative translations include: It is also similar to the Epicurean advice of writers such as Anacreon and Horace — (avoid asking what the future will bring) — However, Jesus's sermon has sometimes been interpreted to mean that God knows everyone's needs. Dr Thomas Sheridan wrote an eloquent sermon upon this text on the occasion of the death of Queen Anne. He absent-mindedly reused it for the anniversary of the accession of King George I and was, on this account, suspected of being a Jacobite and lost his chaplaincy. Sufficient unto the day