Subject: Jesus descend into hell |
Bible Note: Hi, Brad :: There can be little doubt that the influence of the Apostles' Creed is at least partially responsible for the widespread and unquestioned acceptance of the teaching that Jesus went to hell between His death and resurrection. Even the clause itself, "He descended into hell" comes straight from the Creed. Some false teachers assert that Jesus suffered in hell after His death on the Cross because His death on the Cross was insufficient for atonement. This is a completely false doctrine that finds no support whatever in Scripture. There is what for me was a helpful article on this subject at the following URL. I've cited it already on this thread, but it would do no harm to list it again, so here it is: http://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-go-to-hell.html ..... This article takes pains to point out that much of the confusion lies in how the Hebrew and Greek words for Sheol and Hades respectively are translated into English in a number of versions. Anyway, I found the article helpful and hope you will too. It's good to have you on SBF, Brad. --Hank |