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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: Hello DrB, Could you demonstrate exactly how "every time the word "Hell" is read in the New Testament, you need to understand that the writer is talking about the grave."? The late Dr. Kenneth Wuest- a noted Greek scholar- offers these insights into the word "hell": "Hell. There are three Greek words, each referring to a different place, all of which are translated by the one word hell, a fact that causes considerable confusion in interpreting the passages where they occur. These words are geenna, haides and tartaroô . The first comes into English in the word Gehenna, the second, in the word Hades, and the third, in the word Tartarus. Geenna refers to the final abode of the wicked dead, called The Lake of Fire in The Revelation (20:14, 15). Where this word occurs, the translation should be hell. It is found in Matt. 5:22, 29, 30, 10:28, 18:9, 23:15, 33; Mark. 9:43, 45, 47; Luke 12:5; Jamess. 3:6. Haides refers to the temporary abode of the dead before the resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus, the part reserved for the wicked dead, called haides (Luke 16:23), the other for the righteous dead, called Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16:22), paradise (Luke 23:43), haides (Acts 2:27, 31); and to the temporary abode of the wicked dead from those events until the Great White Throne judgment, the righteous dead going at once to be with the Lord (Phil. 1:23; II Cor. 5:8). The word haides is from the Greek stem "id" which means “to see,” and the Greek letter Alpha prefixed which makes the composite word mean “not to see,” the noun meaning “the unseen.” The word itself in its noun form refers to the unseen world made up of all moral intelligences not possessing a physical body. These would include the holy angels, the fallen angels, the demons, the wicked dead, and the righteous dead. As to the inhabitants in the unseen world, the holy angels are in heaven, the fallen angels in Tartarus, the wicked dead in Hades, the righteous dead in heaven, and the demons in the atmosphere of the earth and in the bottomless pit. All these are included in the unseen world. The context should decide as to whether the Greek word haides should be transliterated or translated. Where the context deals with departed human beings and their place of abode in the unseen world, it would seem that the word should be transliterated, and the specific name “Hades” be given that place. These places are Matt. 11:23; Luke 10:15, 16:23; Acts 2:27, 31; Rev. 6:8, 20:13, 14. Where the context refers to the unseen world as a whole, the word should be translated, as for instance: Matt. 16:18, “the gates (councils) of the Unseen,” namely, the councils of Satan in the unseen world, shall not prevail against the church; or Rev. 1:18, “I have the keys of the Unseen and of death.” Our Lord controls the entire unseen world. Tartarosas is the word in II Pet. 2:4 “cast down to hell.” The fallen angels were sent to their temporary prison house, Tartarus, until the Great White Throne judgment. Make a study of these places where the word “hell” occurs, in the light of the distinctive Greek word found in each place, and see how much better you understand these passages." Also, feel free to tell us something about yourself under User Profile. It is helpful and allows us to get to know one another better:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |