ContradictionsReading order 435Bible context 2 min read
Where did Jesus go when he died?
The passages supply different images of Jesus' activity around death without providing a single explicit itinerary or equating all their locations.
- Textual conflict
- Weak contradiction
- The supplied passages do not establish incompatible claims. Different events, meanings, or conditions may account for the difference.
- Importance
- Foundational
- A central claim about origins, salvation, divine justice, or religious authority.
Different post-death locations lack an exclusive itinerary or fixed spatial relationship, so they need not describe incompatible destinations.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Jesus promises to be in paradise that day
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Luke 23:43
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Luke 23
Other passages describe hell, imprisoned spirits, and descent
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Acts 2:31
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Acts 2