Various older English Bible translations, such as the King James Version, use the word “hell” in some verses. (Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:27 a) As the religious artwork in this article shows, many people believe that hell is a place of eternal fire where the wicked are

The Bible shows that some people become so steeped in wickedness that they are beyond repentance. ( Hebrews 10:26, 27 ) When such ones die, they go, not to hell, but to Gehenna, which is a symbol of everlasting destruction.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.” (So the dead will be delivered from hell. Notice also that hell is not the same as the lake of fire but will be cast into the lake of fire.) (*“Hell,” Dy, Kx; “the world of the dead,” TEV; “Hades,” NE, AS, RS, JB, NW.) Why is there confusion as to what the Bible says about hell?

For example, the Bible says that Jesus has “the keys of hell and of death,” showing that he has the authority to release people from the death brought by Adam’s sin. ( Revelation 1: 18; 20:13 , King James Version ) However, neither Jesus nor anyone else has a key to the lake of fire.

In the King James Version the word “hell” is rendered from sheʼohlʹ 31 times and from haiʹdes 10 times. This version is not consistent, however, since sheʼohlʹ is also translated 31 times “grave” and 3 times “pit.” In the Douay Version sheʼohlʹ is rendered “hell” …

But the Bible foretold that there would be a “war in heaven” that would result in Satan’s being expelled from heaven and “cast out into the earth.” (Revelation 12:7-9, King James Version) Both Bible chronology and world events confirm that this war in heaven has already taken place. The Devil is now confined to the vicinity of the earth.

True, some Bible translations, such as the King James Version, speak of “hell fire” and of being “cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched.” ( Matthew 5:22; Mark 9:45 ) All together there are 12 verses in the Christian Greek Scriptures where the King James Version uses “hell” to translate the Greek word Gehenna.

IN ITS original languages, the Bible uses the Hebrew word sheʼohlʹ and its Greek equivalent haiʹdes more than 70 times. Both words are related to death. Some Bible translations render them as “grave,” “hell,” or “pit.” However, in most languages there are no words that convey the precise sense of these Hebrew and Greek words.

Oct 1, 2012 · Are you familiar with the Bible account of Adam and Eve? Alejandro: Yes. God told them not to eat the fruit of a certain tree, but they disobeyed. Mauricio: Correct. Let’s take a look at the Bible account together. It’s found at Genesis 2:16, 17. Those verses say: “Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: ‘From every tree of the ...

Aug 1, 2015 · Some Bible versions use the word “hell,” but the notion of a fiery place of torment for the dead is not Scriptural. EIGHT RESURRECTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE * A widow’s son The prophet Elijah resurrected the young son of a widow who lived in Zarephath , north of Israel. — 1 Kings 17:17-24 .