What happened between Jesus' crucifixion and His resurrection?

Peter gives a little bit of specific information about what happened in those three days between Jesus' death and resurrection. The KJV says that Jesus “preached” to the spirits in prison (1 Peter 3:19). The Greek word used simply means that Jesus “heralded a message”; the NIV translates it as “made proclamation. read more

Jesus’ body was in the tomb, of course, but His spirit, having departed at His death (Matthew 27: 50), was elsewhere for those three days. Peter gives a little bit of specific information about what happened in those three days between Jesus’ death and resurrection. read more

And the crucifixion there is the crucifixion of all Christians not the crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus was never crucified. The Book is telling us that his followers would be crucified, and they would be crucified because they will be taken off course by the Jahcubite (ungodly jews); not crucified physically so much, but crucified mentally and given to superstition without any sense. read more

There are many answers but only two that have any real merit. One is that it simply means that Jesus really died, Hell in this case is a term for Hades, the place of the dead. When Jesus died, his body was buried and his spirit was separated from it for a time as it went to the place where dead spirits go. read more