Between death and resurrection - where was Jesus? NT Wright explains

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🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Did Jesus really descend into hell? What does ecumenism mean for Christian unity? Can non-Messianic Jews be saved? In this episode of Ask NT Wright Anything, Tom Wright and Mike Bird tackle these complex theological questions, exploring the early church’s interpretation of Jesus’ descent, the importance of Christian unity, and the role of Jewish identity in salvation history. They also discuss the chronology of Jesus’ baptism and how historical context shapes biblical interpretation. If you’ve ever wrestled with these topics, this episode offers deep insights grounded in Scripture. Ask NT Wright Anything is sponsored by Logos – start going deeper in the Bible with a free trial at logos.com/NT Got Questions for Tom? Go to: askntwright.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ask NTWrite Anything is sponsored by Logos. Start going deeper in the Bible with a free trial at logos.com slash NT. The Ask Antieteright Anything podcast.
0:25.1	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Ask Antieteright Anything podcast.
0:30.3	I'm the co-host, Mike Bird from Melbourne, Australia, and I'm joined by...
0:35.1	I'm Tom Wright in Oxford in England.
0:37.2	And we are so glad you're joining us because we're going to try answer and I'm joined by. I'm Tom Wright in Oxford in England.
0:42.2	And we are so glad you're joining us because we're going to try to answer the questions you sent in about the Bible, Jesus theology and the life of faith.
0:50.1	And our first question for today comes from Doreen White from Bista in the United Kingdom,
0:57.5	and she writes,
0:59.7	In the creed we are told that Jesus descended into hell.
1:06.1	And yet the Bible tells us that Jesus told the thief,
1:10.4	today you will be with me in paradise.
1:14.0	And Doreen says she's confused.
1:16.6	And Doreen, you'll be glad to know, you are not the only one.
1:20.5	A lot of people have said, how can Jesus go to hell and go to paradise?
1:25.5	Which one is it?
1:26.7	Tom, I know you've already covered this topic
1:29.0	many times before. Well, I haven't. I haven't. Part of the problem here is that the creed,
1:36.4	where it says he descended into hell, comes to us from a discussion and a tradition in the third and fourth centuries, which was
1:46.5	based on, I think, a misinterpretation of some passages in the first letter of Peter.
1:52.7	In 1 Peter 3, 18 and 19, it says that the Messiah suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
1:59.5	to bring us to God, being put to death
2:01.4	in the flesh made alive by the spirit, in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison
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