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NASB | Ephesians 4:9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth? |
Subject: Jesus decended into hell? |
Bible Note: Sheol is the only word translated as hell in the Old Testament. I realize it is also translated grave in other verses but if you change it to grave at every instance then the word hell is never used in the Old Testament. Sheol is translated as pit in Numbers 16:33 where we see Korah and all that appertained to him go down into the pit alive. It is clear from this as well as other passages that the location of hell is in the heart of the earth (Mt. 12:40), the lower parts (Ps. 63:9 and Eph 4:9) Qeber is the Hebrew word for grave or the place of the body in the seen world and is never translated as hell. Sheol is the place of conscious souls and spirits in the unseen world. At the time that our Old Testament patriarchs were speaking and sheol-hell was translated as grave in a few places there was a section in the unseen world where their souls and spirits went. It is referred to as paradise (Lk 23:43) and was where righteous souls and spirits went before the resurrection of Christ. There was a great gulf between it and the torment compartment of the wicked souls (Lk. 16:19-31). They were in comfort awaiting their liberation from that place which came to them when Christ descended into sheol-hell and took captivity captive. (Eph. 4:8-10). Only the wicked go to sheol-hell now. God Bless, Yaya |