Who Goes to Hell? The Bible’s answer Hell (“Sheol” and “Hades” in the Bible’s original languages) is simply the grave, not a place of fiery torment. Who go to hell? Both good people and bad people. ( Job 14:13; Psalm 9: 17) The Bible says that this common grave of mankind is “the house of meeting for everyone living.”— Job 30:23. Even Jesus went to hell when he died. However, “he was not kept in hell,” because God resurrected him.— Acts 2: 31, 32, Is hell eternal? All those who go to hell will come back out, brought to life by Jesus through God’s power. ( John 5: 28, 29; Acts 24:15) Speaking of that future resurrection, the prophecy at Revelation 20:13 says that “death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them.” (King James Version) Once hell has been emptied, it will no longer exist; no one will ever go there again because “death will be no more.”— Revelation 21: 3, 4; 20:14. Not everyone who dies goes to hell, though. The Bible shows that some people become so steeped in wickedness that they are beyond repentance. ( Hebrews 10:26, 27) When such ones die, they go, not to hell, but to Gehenna, which is a symbol of everlasting destruction. ( Matthew 5: 29, 30) For example, Jesus indicated that some of the hypocritical religious leaders in his day would go to Gehenna.— Matthew 23:27- 33.
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