hades
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23Then lifting up his eyes, while he was in torments, he saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.
27For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your Holy One to see corruption.
18And I am alive, though I was dead. And, behold, I live forever and ever. And I hold the keys of death and of Hell.
18And I say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
23And you, Capernaum, would you be exalted all the way to heaven? You shall descend all the way to Hell. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, perhaps it would have remained, even to this day.
8And behold, a pale horse. And he who was sitting upon it, his name was Death, and Hell was following him. And authority was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to destroy by the sword, by famine, and by death, and by the creatures of the earth.
31Foreseeing this, he was speaking about the Resurrection of the Christ. For he was neither left behind in Hell, nor did his flesh see corruption.
13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it. And death and Hell gave up their dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14And Hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death.
15And as for you, Capernaum, who would be exalted even up to Heaven: you shall be submerged into Hell.
55“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
10For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it. And death and Hell gave up their dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.