Where did Jesus go when he died on the cross?

Curiously Kaitlyn

Phil Vischer

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Theologian Matthew Emerson joins Kaitlyn to answer a surprisingly complicated question: Where did Jesus go when he died on the cross? Dr. Emerson gives us a simple answer that opens up lots of other questions: What is the “Paradise” Jesus talks about on the cross? What did Jesus do while he was there? Plus, Dr. Emerson helps us think about the theology all Christians share vs. the theological questions that can divide us.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Curiously, Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense. Each week we will hear a kid
0:06.8	question about God, theology, or the Bible, and find a scholar who can answer it. We have gotten so
0:13.0	many wonderful questions from y'all. Don't forget that you can go to holypost.com slash
0:19.1	Curiously and leave us a question from a kid in your life. Or you can
0:23.9	leave a story about a Sunday school mishap or a kid doing something funny in church for us to add to our
0:29.2	great moments in Sunday school history segment.
0:34.3	I don't know.
0:39.6	That doesn't make any sense.
0:50.0	Dr. Matt Emerson, thank you so much for joining me today.
0:51.9	Absolutely. Thanks for having me.
0:54.4	Let's hear our kid question today.
0:58.1	Where did Jesus go when he died on the cross?
1:05.7	An excellent question. I just at my church taught the Good Friday service with the little kids.
1:10.0	And so there were lots of questions about both what's happening with the crucifixion. And then because, I think because especially we were teaching it on Good Friday and we kind of ended the teaching with, all right, well, on Sunday, we're going to come back and keep telling this story.
1:18.6	There were some kids kind of going like, okay, well, there's a day in between this.
1:23.0	What's going on?
1:23.9	I have some questions. So what is your initial reaction to this question, not just for
1:29.2	this kid, but for people in the church in general. Where did Jesus go when he died on the cross?
1:33.8	Yeah. Well, he went to have an Easter egg hunt like we all do on Saturday. I'm just kidding.
1:40.3	Yeah, I mean, my very basic response is that he went to the place of the dead, and because he was a righteous man, he went to paradise.
1:49.8	So that's about as short and sweet as I can put it.
1:53.5	He's a human being, so he experiences death like we all do.
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