From where does the idea of a Christian hell come from? The Bible? Please provide me with sources.?

Answer 1

Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Luke 10:15
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
Luke 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Luke 16:23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Acts 2:31
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Rev. 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rev. 20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.


this for starters. The Old Testament has loads of this.

Answer 2

Actually the concept of Hell does not originate with the Bible. Hell is a concept that is seen in the Bible ONLY in the New Testament and it was developed during the intertestamental period (between the Old & New Testaments) and was widely accepted by Hellenestic (greek influenced) Jews.

Let me do a little bit of research to see if I can give you a source. May not be anything on the internet. When I get access to my books tomorrow, if I don't find anything, I might find you a source there.

Source 1:
hell, an English word used to translate Heb., Sheol; Gk., Hades; and Heb., Gehenna. In Christian tradition it is usually associated with the notion of eternal punishment, especially by fire. This idea appears in Isa. 66:24, but it is not clearly associated with a place. Jewish writings from the third century b.c. onward speak of places of punishment by fire for evil spirits and the wicked dead (1 Enoch 18:11-16; 108:3-7, 15; 2 Esd. 7:36-38). The book of Revelation describes a lake that burns with fire and brimstone in which the wicked will be eternally punished (Rev. 19:20; 20:14-15; 21:8). See also Gehenna; Hades; Punishment, Everlasting; Sheol.

Source 2:
HELL. ‘Hell’ in the NT renders the Gk. word transliterated as ‘Gehenna’ (Mt. 5:22, 29–30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:15, 33; Mk. 9:43, 45, 47; Lk. 12:5; Jas. 3:6). The name is derived from the Heb. gê(ben)(benê) hinnōm, the Valley of (the son[s] of Hinnom, a valley near Jerusalem (Jos. 15:8; 18:16), where children were sacrificed by fire in connection with pagan rites (2 Ki. 23:10; 2 Ch. 28:3; 33:6; Je. 7:31; 32:35). Its original derivation is obscure, but Hinnom is almost certainly the name of a person. In later Jewish writings Gehenna came to mean the place of punishment for sinners (Assumption of Moses 10:10; 2 Esdras 7:36). It was depicted as a place of unquenchable fire—the general idea of fire to express the divine judgment is found in the OT (Dt. 32:22; Dn. 7:10). The rabbinic literature contains various opinions as to who would suffer eternal punishment. The ideas were widespread that the sufferings of some would be terminated by annihilation, or that the fires of Gehenna were in some cases purgatorial (Rosh Hashanah 16b-17a; Baba Mezi’a 58b; Mishnah Eduyoth 2. 10). But those who held these doctrines also taught the reality of eternal punishment for certain classes of sinners. Both this literature and the Apocryphal books affirm belief in an eternal retribution (cf. Judith 16:17; Psalms of Solomon 3:13).

Answer 3

Hell is not the kingdom of Satan where he will reign over demons and all who are bad. There is nothing in Scripture to indicate that hell will be some sort of fellowship of sinners, where life will continue pretty much as it was on earth. The pathetic jokes about plans for "living it up" in hell demonstrate ignorance of its purpose and nature.

There are three Greek words translated to hell in the English Bible.
1. Tartaros: found only once in the Bible. "God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved for judgment" (2 Peter 2:3 KJV). The angels mentioned here refer to those "which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation" (in rebellion) (Jude 6). Tartaros, then, is a place of confinement for the rebellious angels until the time of their judgment.

2. Hades: found ten times in the New Testament (Matthew 11:23; 16:18; Luke 10:15; 16:23; Acts 2:17, 31; Revelation 1:18; 6:8; 20:13,14). It is not the final destiny of those who die having rejected Christ, but a place of torment until they are resurrected to stand before the great white throne judgment (see Rev 20:13-15). The suffering, though real, is not physical. Hades is also a place of separation from God and of no escape. "...between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence: (Luke 16:26 KJV). NOTE: The imagined place of remedial suffering (purgatory) has absolutely no scriptural foundation.

3. Geena or Gehenna: translated hell 12 times in the Bible (Mat 5:22, 29, 30; 10:28; 18:9; Mark 9:43, 45, 47; Luke 12:5; James 3:6). Geena refers to the valley of Hinnom, once a place where children were sacrificed to the god Molech (2 Chron 33:1-6). Located outside the south wall of Jerusalem, it was a convenient place for the residents to throw their rubbish. Even dead bodies of animals and criminals were thus disposed. This "city dump" was a place of decomposition and continuous fire (Mark 9:44), and was used by Jesus to teach about the eventual abode of them who reject Him as Savior.
Geena is also mentioned as the lake of fir. "Who so ever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" (Rev 20:15. KJV). There will be no appeal after passing of sentence at the great white throne judgment. All who have rejected Christ will be present. 'The sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell (Hades) delivered up the dead which were in them...And death and hell (Hades) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death" (Rev 20:13-15, KJV).

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Hell is described as a bottomless pit (Luke 8:31, Revelation 9:1), and a lake of fire, burning with sulfur, where the inhabitants will be tormented day and night forever and ever (Revelation 20:10). In hell, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, indicating intense grief and anger (Matthew 13:42). It is a place “where the worm never dies and the fire never goes out” (Mark 9:48). God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but desires them to turn from their wicked ways so that they can live (Ezekiel 33:11). But He will not force us into submission; if we choose to reject Him, He has little choice but to give us what we want – to live apart from Him.

Answer 6

Hell being a place is mentioned several times in the bible, old and new testament. It's description is somewhat vague, as are the descriptions of heaven. Most biblical scholars today either take a literal, lake-of-burning-fire approach, or they say that Hell is merely a removal from God's presence. Both sides are supported by the language used in the Bible, but neither one sounds very appealing to me.

Answer 7

you want a source? okay, the Bible

you want "where"? okay.

Hell is essentially 1/2 of the abode of the dead. one half is shoel (hell, the grave) and the other is paradise (abraham's bossom, like a Heaven sub-urb). Hell has many descriptions in Hebrew culture, such as the analogy of hell to be like gehenneh, a garbage dump where waste was burned. it is also described as "outer darkness" and mentioned having "weeping and gnashing of teeth" there. in the New Testament, hell is described as Hades, apart from the traditional Greek definition, as it isn't accessable by mortals, as the Greek hades was believed to be. hell is more of a theological term, a collection of shoel/hades/the pit and various descriptions of where God's enemies go after they die.

Answer 8

The Bible of course.

Matt.5:22; Matt.5:29 & 30; Matt. 10:28; Rev. 20:14

There are more references, this is just a few.

Answer 9

Hell is the place where Lucifer and his followers went after vainly revolting against God. Very little of our current idea of Hell actually comes from the bible. We get our concept of Hell from Dante's Inferno, and he based most of that on the Roman mythology of the Underworld.
Sorry, I don't give sources, just opinions.

Answer 10

Go to BibleGateway.com and do a search on the word "hell" I did this using the entire book of the King James version (you can change the parameters) and came up with 54 places this word is used. If you really want to know you are going to have to do the work yourself.

Answer 11

Since it's not a "Christian Hell" but just "hell" I can't help but wonder if I were to give you reference would you even believe it!?
If you know what the "Bible" is, all you have to do is read it and it explains it to you.