in Latin is . The Greek (, "the lowest") and the Latin ("those below") may also be translated as "underworld", "netherworld", or "abode of the dead". The realm into which Jesus descended is called Hell, in long-established English usage, but is also called Sheol or Limbo by some Christian theologians to distinguish it from the Hell of the damned. In Classical mythology, Hades is the underworld inhabited by departed souls and the god Pluto is its ruler. Some New Testament translations use the term "Hades" to refer to the abode or state of the dead to represent a neutral place where the dead awaited the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. The word "harrow" originally comes from the Old English meaning "to harry or despoil", and is seen in the homilies of Aelfric, . The term 'Harrowing of Hell' refers not merely to the idea that Jesus descended into Hell, as in the Creed, but to the rich tradition that developed later, asserting that he triumphed over , releasing Hell's captives, particularly Adam and Eve, and the righteous men and women of the Old Testament period. Scripture The Harrowing of Hell is mentioned or suggested by several verses in the New Testament: Matthew 12 (): "For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth." Acts 2 (): "But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power." Acts 2 (): "Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying, 'He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption'." Ephesians 4 (): "In saying, 'he ascended', what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?" Colossians 1 (): "He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything." 1 Peter 3 (): "For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison,