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NASB | Revelation 20:14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 20:14 Then death and Hades [the realm of the dead] were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire [the eternal separation from God]. [Matt 25:41; 1 Cor 15:26] |
Bible Question: In Revelation 20:14 It says "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. I can not understand this in my mind somehow. If hell is a place of burning fire and people are already there, why would God then put them in the lake of fire or am I just missing something here? I am not trying to question God. I am questioning my own way of thinking. Thanks - winningside |
Bible Answer: Good day to all, Just to throw in my 2 cents, the english word "Hell" originally meant something like "a hidden place" -- look at the etymologically related words helmet and hull -- and so was used to translate hades/sheol -- where the wicked dead are now and the righteous dead once were. More recently (like the last couple hundred years) the word hell has been used more and more exclusively to mean "the place of eternal fire/punishment" and most modern Bibles equate this english word to Gehenna and/or Tartarus -- i.e. just the bad place. (Remember the the KJV, for instance, is almost 400 years old) -Chris |