Did Jesus preach to people in hell?

[Butch5]

A typo has been edited. to read as the poster intended... .. reba

edited response to typo

For those with ears to hear:
The Jews believed in Sheol a place of the Righteous dead. The Sadducee did not believe in resurrection, or known if they believed in Sheol.

The Pharisee's did though, and their successors later came up with the Maimonides (14). Jesus put Their Patriarch in Hell which they believed, but where not aware of Hades having another part. Jesus refereed to Gehenna located just south of the city as a descriptor, saying there is a place where the fire never goes out, or worm dies.

Thanks Reba!

 

[jeff77]

Why does it matter if the story was a parable or not? I assume the reason Jesus talked about Hades/Sheol instead of Heaven/Hell is because it takes place before the resurrection. The way Jesus talks about Hades and Sheol sounds descriptive and maybe not literal. I think Jesus explained it as if this is what the conditions will be like for the righteous and unrighteous after death. If annihilation were true I think Jesus would get straight to the point and say the unrighteous would be annihilated. I know this lesson was being taught to the Pharisees but since it's in the Bible I think it is meant for us too. When people say it can't be real because it never says that Lazarus warned the brothers of the richman.........I see the fact that we are reading about it as a warning to us all. Just my thoughts

 

[Butch5]

Why does it matter if the story was a parable or not? I assume the reason Jesus talked about Hades/Sheol instead of Heaven/Hell is because it takes place before the resurrection. The way Jesus talks about Hades and Sheol sounds descriptive and maybe not literal. I think Jesus explained it as if this is what the conditions will be like for the righteous and unrighteous after death. If annihilation were true I think Jesus would get straight to the point and say the unrighteous would be annihilated. I know this lesson was being taught to the Pharisees but since it's in the Bible I think it is meant for us too. When people say it can't be real because it never says that Lazarus warned the brothers of the richman.........I see the fact that we are reading about it as a warning to us all. Just my thoughts

HI Jeff,

Jesus does say they'll be annihilated. He doesn't use the word but says they'll be case into Gehenna, destroyed, suffer aionios fire, etc.

The thing is when Jesus teaches His disciples about hell it's straight forward, no stories, no characters, no details about clothing or brothers and the like, it's just straight forward, consider His words.

43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: {offend...: or, cause thee to offend}
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: {offend...: or, cause thee to offend}
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: {offend...: or, cause thee to offend}
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (Mar 9:43-48 KJV)

That's pretty straight forward, if you, if your, etc. However, we know that Jesus spoke to the Pharisees in parables, consider,

10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
(Mar 4:10-12 KJV)

In Luke 16 Jesus is addressing the Pharisees, if all things are done in parables so that they would not understand, a literal reading of Luke 16 wouldn't leave the Pharisees confused. If Luke 16 is really about the afterlife I don't think anyone reading it would be confused. However, if Jesus meant something other than the afterlife a literal reading would leave the Pharisees confused as to what Jesus really meant.

Another reason to understand this as a parable is that the Pharisees did not believe in an afterlife other than the resurrection so they would understand it as a story and not a literal account.

 

[elijah23]

When Jesus died on the cross did he go into hell and preach to people.

First, you need to understand what hell is.