Did Jesus go to hell according to Acts 2: 25-27 ?

Question

25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Answer 1

An “Immortal Soul”?

The movement teaches non-Biblical doctrines that long have been taught by sects of Christendom. One is the idea that man has an “immortal soul” that will suffer in “hellfire” if man is not saved. But the Bible does not say that an “immortal soul” lives on to receive rewards or punishments. Rather, it says just the opposite. It says the soul dies.

Open your Bible to Ezekiel 18:4. There, according to the King James Version, you will not read that the sinning soul goes into “hellfire.” Instead, it says: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” See also verse 20.

According to the Bible, the dead could not be suffering in “hellfire.” The Bible specifically says, at Ecclesiastes 9:5: “The dead know not any thing.” Verse 10 of the same chapter adds: “There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” Psalm 146:4 says of the day a man dies: “In that very day his thoughts perish.”

If the dead know nothing, and have no thoughts or knowledge, they obviously could not be suffering torments or pain, as the “Jesus people” believe.

“Then what about the word ‘hell’?” you may ask, adding: “It certainly appears in the Bible!”

Bible writers used the Hebrew word “sheol” and the Greek word “hades,” which some Bibles translate as “hell.” But sheol and hades did not mean a place of torture at all. Instead, they simply meant the common grave of mankind—including men like Jesus who obeyed God. Yes, the apostle Peter applied Psalm 16:10 to Jesus, saying: “David speaketh concerning him [Jesus] . . . thou wilt not leave my soul in hell [Hebrew, sheol; Greek, hades], neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (Acts 2:25-27) Surely none of the “Jesus people” will argue that Jesus went to hellfire when he died!

In several instances Jesus used the valley of Hinnom (Greek, Gehenna), Jerusalem’s community garbage dump, to symbolize the complete destruction of those who willfully disbelieve. No resurrection hope is held out for those “pitched into Gehenna” in contrast to those in the common grave of mankind.

Jesus was in Hades, which is mankind’s common grave. And the Bible says that there is “no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, Hades.” So he was out of existence in Hades, as was the evildoer.—Eccl. 9:5, 10.

Then, on the third day from his death, God raised Jesus from the dead as a mighty spirit creature. But the evildoer was not raised; he stayed in the grave.—1 Pet. 3:18.

Answer 2

Act 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Act 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
were do you see Jesus in this? Jesus is the heart of David. God was pleased with David.

Answer 3

Ac 2:25
Him; the Messiah. I foresaw the Lord; saw the Lord before my eyes, as an object of continual trust.

Ac 2:26
In hope; in hope of a resurrection, without corruption in the grave.

Ac 2:27
Not leave my soul in hell. In hades, the unseen abode of the dead. The meaning is that he would not remain under the power of death [Ps 16:10]. David did not speak this of himself, but of the Son of David. See Ac 2:29.
Thy Holy One. The Lord Jesus. The promised Messiah.

Really great question! I learned something from it!

Answer 4

It is just a matter of terms. Hell is the Old English but the actual place was Hades. No one was in heaven or hell at that time. When people died they could not enter heaven because Christ had not yet paid the atonement and they could not be cast into hell without a trial. So all souls went to Hades. It was divided into Sheol and Paradise. When Christ left there He took with Him those in Paradise to Heaven however those in Sheol are still there and will be put in Hell after the great white throne judgment mentioned in Revelations.

Answer 5

No, Jesus was just dead, If you look up the words Sheol, and Hades, They both mean the common grave of man kind. By The sacrificial death of Jesus he has Opened a channel of communication with his Father that was closed by Adamic Sin.
We now since He has risen from death have the opportunity to have a relationship with God that was previously closed because of Adams sin. David and all of Jesus ancestors who died before him, and those of us with the hope of a Paradise earth to live on share that hope. And as far as Hell goes..Eccl.:5,10 ...As FOR THE DEAD, THEY ARE CONSCIOUS OF NOTHING .
Ps.:146:4 His spirit goes out, he goes back to the ground and in that day his thoughts do perish. SEE, If you are conscience of nothing, then no pain of hell. Once again the word hell means Sheol or Hades where the dead sleep! not suffer! Lastly Romans 6:23" The wages sin pays is death" When you die you have paid for your sins, when God and Jesus resurrects you, you have a clean slate to start with!

Answer 6

Hell, Sheol is the OT place or state of those who had died. Death is a separation of the body and soul. This was prophesied by David about Jesus that He would not remain in that state with His body and soul separated. And when He rose again His soul and glorified body were reunited as David had prophesied. All others remain in that state til the resurrection.

Answer 7

God chose to repeat vs 27 three times. so what do you think?

Psa 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Act 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Act 13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Answer 8

Verse 27 does not imply that Jesus was in Hell. David said that Jesus (Lord) will NOT leave his soul in Hell which means David will not go to Hell.

Answer 9

No He did not! The verse is saying David always has the Lord with him. The Lord will not leave him ever even when he(David) dies because David has faith in the Lord Jesus.

Answer 10

No, in other versions of the Bible, hell is replaced with the word "Hades." That is the Greek word for "Sheol" which is in Hebrew. And "Sheol" means death. Besides, that Scripture is talking about King David.