We therefore inquire what Moses and the prophets have taught us respecting the place where the scene here depicted is represented to have taken place. What place was this? Answer, _Hades_; for this is the word from which hell is translated in verse 23. In hell, _hades_, the rich man lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham and Lazarus afar off, though still within sight and speaking distance. The New Testament was written in Greek, while Moses and the prophets wrote in Hebrew. What is the Hebrew word answering to the Greek _hades_? Answer, _Sheol_. These are the equivalent terms in the two languages. All that a Hebrew writer meant by _sheol_, a Greek writer meant by _hades_, and _vice versa_. The question, then, is simply this: What have Moses and the prophets taught us respecting _sheol_, and the condition of those who enter therein? _Meaning of hades and sheol._ These words denote the common receptacle of the dead, both righteous and wicked. The righteous dead are there; for at the resurrection they raise the victorious shout, “O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave [Gr. _hades_], where is thy victory?” 1 Cor. 15:55. And the wicked dead are there; for at the resurrection to damnation it is said that death and hell [Gr. _hades_] deliver them up. Rev. 20:13. That the _hades_ of the New Testament is the _sheol_ of the Old, Ps. 16, and Acts 2:27, bear testimony. Thus Ps. 16:10, says, “Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell [Heb. _sheol_];” and the New Testament, as above, makes a direct quotation of this passage by saying, “Thou wilt not leave my soul in _hades_.” _Use of the word sheol._ This word occurs in the Old Testament sixty-five times. It is rendered hell and grave each thirty-one times, and pit three times. With our Lord’s special indorsement of what is there written concerning it, we may look with interest at the facts brought out by the testimony of Moses and the prophets. _All alike go there._ Thus Jacob says, “I will go down into _sheol_ [to use the original word in place of the English rendering], unto my son mourning.” Gen. 37:35. Korah and his company went down into _sheol_. Num. 16:30, 33. All mankind go there. Ps. 89:48. _What goes into sheol._ _Sheol_ receives the whole man bodily at death. Jacob expected to go down with his gray hairs to _sheol_. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, went into _sheol_ bodily. The soul of the Saviour left _sheol_ at his resurrection. Ps. 16:10; Acts 2:27, 31. David, when restored from dangerous sickness, testified that his soul was saved from going into _sheol_. Ps. 30:2, 3. _The duration of its dominion._ Those who go down into _sheol_ must remain there till their resurrection. At the second coming of Christ, all the righteous are delivered from _sheol_. All the living wicked are then turned into _sheol_, and for one thousand years it holds them in its dread embrace. Then it gives them up, and judgment is executed upon them. Rev. 20:11-15.