And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
What are the options???
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee To day, shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Was Jesus claiming that he would make the statement today, maybe because he would be dead tomorrow and couldn't converse with the thief since the thief would be dead also???
Did Jesus lay in his tomb for a couple of days before heading to paradise or did he immediately go there??? Same with the thief who died that day...Where'd he go if he didn't go to Paradise that day??? Did he go to hell or just lay in the grave til he went to paradise, and then to heaven???
Jesus wasn't in Paradise very long so neither was the thief...Certainly couldn't have been a purgatory...
And everyone was let out of Paradise at the same time...No purgatory...
I chose to believe it as it's written...It's the only way it will fit with the rest of scripture...
Jesus wasn’t resurrected until the third day and his sacrifice wasn’t offered on God’s altar until returning to heaven after his resurrection.
How could the thief go to paradise before then? Acts 2:31 says Jesus went into Hades awaiting resurrection.