The thief’s soul went to Paradise on Good Friday evening, as soon as he expired. Christ’s soul went to hell, where among other things, He actually defeated satan, stripped him of all power and authority and took from him the keys of Hell and Death. Then on Sunday morning, He arose. There is a lot more detail, but no need swamping you. Trust Christ as your Savior, and THEN learn more details
Thank you for your responses.
I just get confused in these faith/works discussions where the thief on the cross is brought up as an example. If Christ told him “today” he would be with Christ in paradise, but two/three days later told Mary He hadn’t been to heaven yet, it seems like there might be a problem with the example - or at least it might not be the mic-drop that it seems to be used as.
Thanks again, though.