gehenna – Bible Q

What is the difference between Sheol/Hades and Gehenna?

Answered by BibleQ . September 19, 2021 - 9:47 pm

A nice easy question. Sheol in Hebrew (translated ‘Hades’ in Greek New Testament) is simply the grave where “the dead know nothing” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) and Gehenna? Well the Valley of the Sons of Hinnom (Ge Ben-Hinnom, ‘Gehenna’ in the Greek New Testament) is a valley just outside the South East wall of Jerusalem. Today it […]

After Judas betrayed Christ and hanged himself, was he sent to Hell?

Answered by BibleQ . June 7, 2019 - 1:10 pm

It depends how you understand ‘hell’. If ‘hell’ is understood as the Hebrew Sheol first mentioned by Jacob in Genesis 37:35: “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” then yes, Sheol, the grave. But there is a misconception among older Christian church theology, that ‘hell’ is a place of […]

What does “kill the body but cannot kill the soul” mean? (Matthew 10:28)

Answered by BibleQ . September 27, 2017 - 10:13 pm

A contradiction with the Old Testament? Most readers finding Matthew 10:28 strange will probably already be in aware that in the Old Testament souls can die and be killed. Sometimes it is not clear from English translations where ‘soul’ (Hebrew nephesh) in phrases such as “all the souls died”, killing “souls” with the sword, and so […]

What do verses like Jude 1:23 mean? Is there an eternal fire burning for those who do not believe?

Answered by BibleQ . March 28, 2011 - 11:18 pm

Jud 1:22-23 And have mercy on those who doubt; (23) save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. Clearly the fire cannot be completely literal; a literal fire consumes fuel, using oxygen to produce heat and smoke. Fire in this […]

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What is the difference between Sheol/Hades and Gehenna?

After Judas betrayed Christ and hanged himself, was he sent to Hell?

What does “kill the body but cannot kill the soul” mean? (Matthew 10:28)

What do verses like Jude 1:23 mean? Is there an eternal fire burning for those who do not believe?

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