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NASB | Luke 16:23 "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 16:23 "In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise). |
Bible Question: Where did the dead go prior to Jesus coming? |
Bible Answer: Greetings A2JFL The Lord Jesus Christ speaks of this in Luke 16 :19-31 He tells us of two people in life and two people in death. One went to hell (hades) which is the greek word for the place of departed spirits. The other man died and went to Abrahams bosum a section of comfort in hades for those who died right with God. We find that the one man is in conscious torment, while the other was tormented. The two compartments were separated by a great gulf preventing any of those who had died changing positions. When the Lord Jesus died he was buried in the new tomb and his spirit or soul went to hades or Abrahams bosum(paradise), which at his resurrection he emptied and we now find that paradise is in the third heaven. (2 Cor.12:1-4) I would advise you to read the passage in Luke 16 God Bless Robert |