Gehenna is the Valley of Hinnom, a real ravine outside Jerusalem, used in Jesus's judgment sayings.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Matthew 5:22; Mark 9:43-48; Jeremiah 7:31-32
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What Did Jesus Say About Hell?
What Did Jesus Say About Hell?
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Less than the tradition built on him, and in a different word: Gehenna, a valley outside Jerusalem.
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The claim that Jesus meant only a garbage dump by Gehenna outruns the evidence.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Asher Wilder, What Did Jesus Say About Hell?
Matthew 25:46 closes the parable of the sheep and the goats: these will go away into aionios kolasis, but the righteous into aionios life.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Matthew 25:46
Matthew 10:28 is rarely quoted by either side, and it is the most interesting of the eleven: fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Matthew 10:28
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