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In the story of the thief on the cross, where was "paradise?" [Luke 23:42-43, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Acts 2:31].

Are we saved if we accept Jesus and repent, or are we held accountable for what we did on earth? [Luke 23:43, Revelation 20:12-14, 1 John 1:9, Romans 2:6-10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Peter 1:7].

What happens to us when we die? Do we just rest until we are raised? [2 Corinthians 5:8, 1 Samuel 28:15, Hebrews 10:20, Luke 23:43].

In light of the various translations of the word, "paradise", is the thief in "paradise" in the past, present or future? [Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:2, Revelation 22:1-5, Acts 2:27, Psalm 16:10].

Where was Jesus for those three days after death? [Luke 23:43, Psalm 16:10. Acts 2:27, Ephesians 4:9, Psalm 139:15, 1 Peter 3:20-21, 1 Peter 1:10-12].

Would you explain the different compartments in Hades? [Luke 23:43].

Could you comment on the verse about the thief on the cross being with Jesus in Paradise that day? [Luke 23:43].

Can one be saved if not baptized? [Acts 19:1-6, Luke 23:43].

Is Jesus saying to the thief that He is going to meet him in the garden of Eden, when he says "Paradise"? [Revelation 2:7, Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Revelation 22:1-3].

Could you give me your view of the mocking of Christ by the thieves on either side of Him? [Luke 23:39-43]

Did the thief on the cross go to paradise? [Luke 23:43].

Where did Jesus go for the 3 days after He died? [1 Peter 3:20-21, Revelation 20:14, Acts 2:27, Luke 23:43].

How do you look at the two references about the thief being in heaven that day with Jesus, and yet He told Mary not to touch Him because He had not yet ascended? [2 Corinthians 12:2, Luke 23:43, John 20:17].

Do you think that the story of the thief on the cross was reliable since the other gospels don't tell the same story? [Luke 23:39-43, John 2:25].

Can you help me reconcile two seemingly contradictory statements about when the thief would meet Jesus in paradise and when he told Mary He had not yet ascended into heaven? [Luke 23:43, John 20:17, 2 Corinthians 12:4, John 20:17],

Since Jesus told the thief that he would be with Him "today" in paradise, but yet He was not going to be there for 3 days, how do you harmonize this? [Luke 23:43].

Can you help me understand how or why Jesus went to hell (Hades)? [Psalm 16, I Acts 2:27, 31, Luke 23:43].

Is Paradise the same thing as Heaven? [Luke 23:43]

The Jewish Bible interprets the word, "paradise" differently in Luke. What do you think about that interpretation? [Luke 23:43].

When Christ told the thief on the cross that he would be that day with him in paradise, but Christ went to the grave for three days, so how does one align that? [Luke 23:43].

Is anyone in heaven right now? Are we immediately present with the Lord? [2 Corinthians 5:8, 12: 3, Luke 23:33-43, Philippians 1:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:14].

When Jesus said, "today, you will be with Me in paradise" and yet He had not yet ascended Himself, it seems to be contradictory. Which is right? [Luke 23:43, John 20:17]

What happens to us after we die? Are we in the presence of God? Are we asleep, unconscious? Jesus told the thief on the cross that he'd be w/ Him in Paradise that day, but a verse in Ecclesiastes says the dead know not anything. [Luke 23:43, Ecclesiastes 9:5]

"TODAY you will be w/ Me in paradise", "absent from the body, present w/ the Lord" but then it says our resurrected bodies are raised to meet Him in the air. [Luke 23:43, Philippians 1:21-23, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18]

A friend to me that even if a soldier was about to die who had been shot in the heart accepted Jesus in His heart would not be accepted because he was never baptized. [Luke 23:43]