He preached to the spirits in prison? Series: Maintaining this Hope This week Peter appears to go off on a two verse detour that doesn't fit into the flow of everything he has been saying and leading up to...but does he really? Even though it doesn't even appear to fit where he is going afterwards, Peter is laying out a case for devotion under persecution by appealing to History's worst case of long term abuse for righteousness and that is Noah. Noah was a preacher of righteousness for 100 years during the preparation of the ark, during which he sustained countless attacks and verbal betrating and abuse from the pre-flood world...UNTIL the flood waters came.