Paradise

What do you think about my view of the difference between "Paradise" and "Heaven?" What about the meaning of the word "paradise" and the "third heaven?" [2 Corinthians 5:8, 2 Corinthians 12:2].

Is "paradise" and "hades" the same place in scripture? [Luke 23:43, Acts 2:27, Psalm 16:10, Acts 2:31, Revelation 20:14, Luke 16:19-31].

Did Jesus go to Hell (Hades) or Paradise (Abraham's Bosom)?

Where did Jesus go right after death (between death and resurrection)?

In the story of the thief on the cross, where was "paradise?" [Luke 23:42-43, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Acts 2:31].

Did Jesus go to hell after He died, or did He go immediately into the hands of His Father? [1 Peter 3:19-20, 1 Peter 4:6-7, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Acts 2:27, Luke 23:46, 2 Peter 2:5].

What happens to us when we die? Do we just rest until we are raised? [2 Corinthians 5:8, 1 Samuel 28:15, Hebrews 10:20, Luke 23:43].

If Jesus went to paradise with the thief that day, how could He also go to hell, as we have been taught?

In light of the various translations of the word, "paradise", is the thief in "paradise" in the past, present or future? [Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:2, Revelation 22:1-5, Acts 2:27, Psalm 16:10].

Could you comment on the verse about the thief on the cross being with Jesus in Paradise that day? [Luke 23:43].

Are the people in "Paradise" or "Abraham's Bosom" actually adjacent to those in hell? [Luke 16:19-31].

Could you comment on the use of the word "paradise" as some commentators said, "sheol" another said "hell" ... and if "sheol" is where all people go?

Is Jesus saying to the thief that He is going to meet him in the garden of Eden, when he says "Paradise"? [Revelation 2:7, Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Revelation 22:1-3].

What happens after we die? [1 Thessalonians 4:14, Luke 23:43, Revelation 5:8]

Catholic caller is glad to hear Steve say that faith & works are inseparable. Even the thief on the cross was able to perform some good works while he was dying on the cross with Jesus. [James 2:14-26, Romans 2:6]

What is the "third heaven", or the various levels, in heaven? [2 Corinthians 12:2, Revelation 4:1].

Is the misplacing of the comma in the passage about the thief going to paradise significant? [Luke 23:43].

What happens after death? Do we go to sleep, or do we go to heaven? [I Corinthians 15:51, I Corinthians 15:18, I Thessalonians 13-18].

Is there a difference between "Paradise" and "Heaven" - where the "Throne of God" is?

Did the thief on the cross go to paradise? [Luke 23:43].

Where did Jesus go for the 3 days after He died? [1 Peter 3:20-21, Revelation 20:14, Acts 2:27, Luke 23:43].

Did the thief on the cross go to heaven before Jesus did? [2 Corinthians 5:8].

How do you look at the two references about the thief being in heaven that day with Jesus, and yet He told Mary not to touch Him because He had not yet ascended? [2 Corinthians 12:2, Luke 23:43, John 20:17].

When Jesus told the thief that he would be with Him in paradise, what did He mean? [2 Corinthians 12:4, Revelation 2:7].

Can you help me reconcile two seemingly contradictory statements about when the thief would meet Jesus in paradise and when he told Mary He had not yet ascended into heaven? [Luke 23:43, John 20:17, 2 Corinthians 12:4, John 20:17],

Did Jesus really go to Paradise as He told the thief since He told Mary 3 days later He hadn't ascended yet? [luke 23:43, John 20:17]

Did early Christians believe in life after death & did they believe we went to paradise instead of heaven. (Audio of caller is very weak.)

Can you explain what you were saying about Hades & Paradise?

Where did Jesus & the thief go when they died, Hades, hell, paradise?

Where do the souls go after you die? [Luke 16:14-31] (the answer is very garbled)

Jesus told the thief on the cross, "I'm telling you TODAY, you will be w/ Me in paradise", as Adventists like to point out, Jesus was just telling him TODAY that he would eventually be with Him in Paradise.

Jesus told the thief on the cross that he'd be w/ Him in paradise, but Jesus Himself didn't go until 40 days later, so how was this true?

Did Jesus & the thief on the cross go to heaven the very day they died?

How many heavens are there, and do we go to heaven or paradise when we die? [2 Corinthians 12].

Is not the New Jerusalem called "Paradise" [Revelation 2:7].

Where did Jesus go after He died? Did He go to heaven?

What & where is paradise? Where do we go as soon as we die?

What happens to us as soon we die? Do we go immediately to Heaven?

What happens to us after we die? Are we in the presence of God? Are we asleep, unconscious? Jesus told the thief on the cross that he'd be w/ Him in Paradise that day, but a verse in Ecclesiastes says the dead know not anything. [Luke 23:43, Ecclesiastes 9:5]

When Jesus told the thief that he'd be in paradise that day, and what happened to Jesus during the 3 days before He was resurrected? The words; Paradise, Hades, Sheol: The use of the words “Paradise”, “Hades”, “Sheol” in scripture [Revelation 21&22, 2 Corinthians 12, Luke 16:19-31, Acts 2]

What does the verse mean when it says, "absent from the body, present from the Lord"? [2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:23].

Jesus didn't really go to paradise on the same day He promised the thief that he'd be Him in Paradise? [Luke 23:43]

Is Paradise the same thing as Heaven? [Luke 23:43]

Did Jesus & the thief on the cross go to Heaven the day they died? [Luke 23:43]

What place was Jesus talking about when He told the thief that he would be with Him in Paradise, Heaven? [Luke 23:43]

An evangelist said that there is no way the thief on the cross could've gone w/ Christ to paradise THAT day because there is no conscious existence after death & Jesus didn't even go to Paradise that day. [Luke 23:40-43, John 20:14-17, Matthew 28:9]

What does Jesus mean that the thief would be with Him in Paradise THAT day in relation to what He says in other places, saying He went to hell? [Luke 23:43, Revelation 1:18, 1 Peter 3:19]

The Jewish Bible interprets the word, "paradise" differently in Luke. What do you think about that interpretation? [Luke 23:43].

What is Paul talking about when he's talking about the 3rd Heaven? [2 Corinthians 12:2-4]

When Christ told the thief on the cross that he would be that day with him in paradise, but Christ went to the grave for three days, so how does one align that? [Luke 23:43].