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Originally Posted by xexon  The "dead", are those who are still spiritually asleep. Worldly people.
To awaken is to turn inward, in pursuit of the divine self, and away from worldly attractions.
This also works for the "blind" to "see".
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When it is said that he preached to the dead, there is no reason to think that it referred to ‘those asleep’ in their faith. Theologians and different church commentaries are the one’s that suggest that it refers to ‘angelic spirits’. I think that all too often we assume that the Bible writers used words that needed to be interpreted. There is no reason to think that they didn’t mean dead, after all, it is supposed to have happened when Christ was dead, dead! We can’t think that meant Christ was ‘asleep in his faith’.
I'll have to try looking up the original words used.