Where did Jesus go between his death and resurrection?

Based on the wording in 1 Peter, there's an argument that Jesus spent the weekend between His death and Resurrection in Hell preaching to the souls who were already there, giving them a chance at the forgiveness available through His sacrifice not previously available before His death.
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Where did Jesus go after he died?

The place named "hell" in this creedal statement was earlier known in the Greek as Gehenna, or the realm of the dead in the Bible.
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What did Jesus do during the 3 days?

He returned after his resurrection and showed himself and taught the people. Two, he preached to the spirits in prison. On the third day, an angel came and rolled away the stone that closed the tomb. While walking in the garden that morning, my wife and I could easily visualize the stone that was placed there.
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Where did Jesus go when he ascended to heaven?

Biblical accounts

Luke 24:50: Jesus leads the eleven remaining disciples to Bethany, a village on the Mount of Olives, and instructs them to remain in Jerusalem until the coming of the Holy Spirit: "And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
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What happened between Good Friday and Easter Sunday?

According to the Bible, it was on Good Friday that Jesus Christ was crucified, and two days later on Sunday, Jesus was resurrected. Good Friday will be celebrated today on April 15 and the Sunday that follows celebrates the festival of Easter.
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Where Did Jesus Go Between His Death and Resurrection?



What happened between Jesus crucifixion and resurrection?

Based on the wording in 1 Peter, there's an argument that Jesus spent the weekend between His death and Resurrection in Hell preaching to the souls who were already there, giving them a chance at the forgiveness available through His sacrifice not previously available before His death.
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How many days after Jesus died did he rise?

For centuries, the Christian church has celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ on a Sunday--three days after remembering his death on Good Friday. This timeline of three days is based on numerous references in the New Testament.
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When Jesus died on the cross where did his spirit go?

At death his Spirit went to the Father in heaven, and then returned to be clothed in the resurrection body, in which he appeared to the disciples over a period of 40 days before the ascension. The statement in John 20:17 tells us that the ascension of the resurrected Christ had not yet happened.
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How many days did Jesus stay on Earth after resurrection?

After 40 days, Jesus left this Earth as recorded in Mark 16:19: “So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.” After his ascension, the disciples faced many challenges and questions about their responsibilities.
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What did Jesus say when he ascended to heaven?

“Peace be unto you,” He said. “Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:36, 39).
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What date did Jesus rise from the dead?

According to ancient Babylonian and Chinese astronomical annals, that date is 3 April AD 33 on the Julian calendar and 1 April AD 33 on our calendar, which corresponds to the Passover date of 14 Nisan of that year. This makes Easter 5 April AD 33, based on Dr. Ware's research.
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What was Jesus crown made of?

On the day of his crucifixion, Jesus was stripped of all his clothing bar a loin cloth. To increase his humiliation and to mock his claim of being “king of the Jews”, he was given a crown made from local thorn bushes twisted into a circlet for his head.
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Where did Jesus spend his life?

Nazareth. The Gospels say that although Jesus was born in Bethlehem, he spent much of his early life in Nazareth, in northern Israel. Recent archaeological research reveals that during the first century A.D., Nazareth was a Jewish settlement whose inhabitants appear to have rejected the spread of Roman culture.
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Did Jesus have a wife?

"Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim," King said in a press release.
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Did Eve go heaven?

But how can they be saved to heaven if they disobeyed God? With this line of reasoning, though, every believer would be excluded from passing through heaven's gate. Adam and Eve were sinners, as are each one of us. If Adam and Eve are excluded from heaven, so are every one of us.
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What did Jesus do 40 days before his crucifixion?

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights and afterwards was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.
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What happens to the soul after 40 days?

The soul passes through the aerial realm, which is home to evil spirits. These spirits attempt to drag the soul into hell, and the soul needs to find the strength to stay with God. This is a judgment of the soul's sins. At the end of the 40 days, the soul finds its place in the afterlife.
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How old was Jesus at the time of his crucifixion?

He dates the crucifixion to the 33rd year of the life of Christ, on Friday 25 March of the 18th year of Tiberius.
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Where did Jesus go when he descended into the lower parts of the earth?

(2) There are those who say "descended first into the lower parts of the earth" simply means he was buried in the earth before he ascended. (3) "Descended" also could mean that while his body was in the grave, in his spirit he went to Hades, "the realm of the dead," believed to be in the heart of the earth.
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Where is Abraham's bosom?

Early Christianity

In the 3rd century, Hippolytus of Rome referred to Abraham's bosom as the place in hades where the righteous await judgment day in delight.
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Who did Jesus appear to after he was resurrected?

Jesus appears at the empty tomb to Mary Magdalene (who initially fails to recognize him), then to the disciples minus Thomas, then to all the disciples including Thomas (the "doubting Thomas" episode), finishing with an extended appearance in Galilee to Peter and six (not all) of the disciples.
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Who was the first person Jesus visited after his resurrection?

Mary Magdalene was a disciple of Jesus. According to the Gospel accounts, Jesus cleansed her of seven demons, and she financially aided him in Galilee. She was one of the witnesses of the Crucifixion and burial of Jesus and, famously, was the first person to see him after the Resurrection.
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Where did Jesus go on Holy Saturday?

Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and most mainline Protestant churches teach that Jesus descended to the realm of the dead on Holy Saturday to save righteous souls, such as the Hebrew patriarchs, who died before his crucifixion.
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What was Jesus's full name?

Due to the numerous translations, the Bible has undergone, "Jesus" is the modern term for the Son of God. His original Hebrew name is Yeshua, which is short for yehōshu'a. It can be translated to 'Joshua,' according to Dr. Michael L.
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