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Originally Posted by Grislygus
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Originally Posted by Sethomas
"The flames of Gehenna" is a statement that appears at least once in Scripture, I believe. The parable of Lazareth, I think, talks about unquenching thirst due to heat.
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...So, there were some references to Hellfire in scripture. |
There might be, but this is not one. Gehenna was a valley where they used to dump dead bodies and garbage and set it all on fire. So "you'll be burning in Gehenna" really means "you're gonna be killed dead and we'll dump you in a mass grave outside town and put you on fire."
The word Hell itself comes from the Norse Hel, which is the name of the god of Helheim, the underworld of those who died in sickness or with shame over their heads or some other not-dieing-in-war related fate.