Some teachers in religion say that Jesus was punished in hell.

Is that true?

What do they base that idea on?

Well I’m about answer those questions for you by using scripture, and you’ll soon see just how heretical and downright blasphemous that false teaching is.

The fact is, there’s not one syllable in scripture that would even suggest that Jesus was punished in hell.

So let’s get right to scripture to learn what happened during Jesus’ time of death between His crucifixion and resurrection shall we?

** Here in the book of Psalms, we see the prophesy about Jesus not seeing corruption during His time of death between His crucifixion and His resurrection:

Psalm 16




** And here we see this fulfilled-prophesy mentioned in the book of Acts:

Acts 2





Understand please that prior to Jesus’ resurrection, hell was divided into two sides (that were visible to each other), but were separated by a great gulf fixed. [I picture in my mind something like two opposing land-masses on each side of a great canyon].  

One side was the place for the torment for lost souls, and the other side was a pleasant waiting area, often referred to as “Abraham’s bosom.” This is where dead old covenant saints waited for the Messiah to come and actually pay their sin debt. [Which had only been paid on credit by animal blood until the sacrifice of Jesus, see Romans 3.25].

Therefore going to hell (for anyone) prior to Jesus’ resurrection didn’t necessarily mean a place of torment. (It just depends which side of hell is being referenced in context of the scripture).     Such an example of someone going to the pleasant side of hell prior to Jesus’ resurrection is when David wrote in Psalm 16.10:   “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell”           

Now consider the following scripture please:

Romans 3.25



Luke 16














** Here we see more scripture confirming that Jesus went into the lower parts of the earth:

Ephesians 4





** Next we see that Jesus went and preached to the lost spirits in hell who perished in the flood. Take special notice that the scripture does not say that Jesus preached “the gospel” to those damned spirits. No one who is condemned in hell gets a second chance to be saved.

So whatever Jesus communicated to them, it was something that they needed to hear.

1 Peter 3


** 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;




So how do we know for certain that Jesus wasn’t punished in hell while He was down there vacating Abraham’s bosom & preaching to damned spirits?

It’s because of what He accomplished for us on the cross.

He paid our entire sin debt on that cross…not in hell!


John 19.30






Thank you for visiting with me, and as always…

All glory to the risen Lord Jesus Christ, and no glory to us whatsoever.