death – Bible Q

What does the Bible say about prayers for the dead?

Answered by BibleQ . July 20, 2022 - 5:52 pm

The Bible has no examples of anyone praying for the dead. This is not a biblical practice. Firstly because the dead are dead. They no longer exist. Their names hopefully are recorded in the ‘book of life’ to be opened when Christ returns to raise the dead, but nothing can be done to alter their […]

What are the three generations of sin in James 1:15?

Answered by BibleQ . September 15, 2021 - 3:47 am

This imagery of three generations is a play on the different Greek verbs used in James 1:15 James 1 13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and […]

Why did Stephen say “Lord Jesus receive my spirit” (Acts 7:59) if Jesus is not God?

Answered by BibleQ . September 27, 2017 - 9:22 pm

Does God actually “receive” the spirits of the dead in the Old Testament? At first sight, Stephen’s request to “receive my spirit” does look like the sort of thing we would expect to God to do, not Jesus. The somewhat surprising thing is that the terminology of God “receiving” men’s spirits does not actually occur […]

What happens after death?

Answered by BibleQ . May 17, 2017 - 6:15 am

This is a very basic Bible topic, and perhaps the most basic building block of all other Bible questions, so it probably requires more than a quick answer. However the short answer is this: after death men return to dust (Genesis 3:19 etc.), after which men sleep, knowing nothing (Isaiah 38:19 etc.), and those who […]

When a saved person dies, will his body go back to the dust and his spirit go to Paradise?

Answered by BibleQ . November 5, 2014 - 11:35 pm

Not quite. When a “saved person” dies, his body goes back to the dust and his spirit or breath goes back to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7 tells us this: Ecc 12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. We find one […]

What is the date that Christ was crucified? What was his age at death?

Answered by BibleQ . February 24, 2014 - 11:07 pm

John was baptising in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar (Luke 3:1), which would be 29AD. It is widely accepted that Tiberius reigned from 14-37 AD. If the date for Tiberius Caesar’s reign is correct, Jesus must have commenced his ministry fairly soon after John did, as Jesus was about 30 at […]

If a priest died in the temple, did the temple have to be re-cleansed before another priest entered?

Answered by BibleQ . February 18, 2014 - 10:35 am

The rest of this question: And what was the process of the cleansing of the temple done? How long did it take? There is no record in Scripture, that I can recall, of a priest dying in the temple or tabernacle. There are no specific instructions for cleansing of the temple in the event of […]

Do spirits or ghosts roam the earth?

Answered by BibleQ . February 6, 2014 - 10:12 am

No. When people die it’s the end of their life. They cease to exist and their body turns back to dust (Ecc. 12:7). There is nothing left that could roam the earth. As Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 says: For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, […]

What does “death” mean in Gen. 2:17? Is it literal or not (e.g., bodily decay or separation from God)?

Answered by BibleQ . December 24, 2013 - 12:03 pm

God said Adam and Eve would die on the day they ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Gen. 2:17), but they didn’t die that day. Does this mean the “death” God referred to was different to literal death (e.g., bodily decay or a separation from God)? Fact 1: God told […]

Paul went up to the third tier of Heaven which was not located on the earth: does this show that the saved go to heaven when they die?

Answered by BibleQ . July 29, 2013 - 8:27 am

No. Whatever happened to Paul when he was ‘caught up to the third heaven’ (2 Cor. 12:2) happened to him when he was alive, not dead, so it is no indication of what happens to people when they die. For more on the third heaven, see the answers to: ‘What is the third heaven? (2 […]

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What does the Bible say about prayers for the dead?

What are the three generations of sin in James 1:15?

Why did Stephen say “Lord Jesus receive my spirit” (Acts 7:59) if Jesus is not God?

What happens after death?

When a saved person dies, will his body go back to the dust and his spirit go to Paradise?

What is the date that Christ was crucified? What was his age at death?

If a priest died in the temple, did the temple have to be re-cleansed before another priest entered?

Do spirits or ghosts roam the earth?

What does “death” mean in Gen. 2:17? Is it literal or not (e.g., bodily decay or separation from God)?

Paul went up to the third tier of Heaven which was not located on the earth: does this show that the saved go to heaven when they die?

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