When Jesus visited Sheol, did He visit both sides (hell and paradise) or just one?

You're getting confused by converging translations of different concepts. That's largely because English isn't specific enough, and so most Bible translations render four different words as "Hell."

The Hell into which Jesus descended--according to ancient but not entirely official Christian writings, between his death on the cross and his resurrection--corresponds to the the realm of Hades, a concept borrowed from the Greeks. In that time, about half of Jews were more at home with the Greek language than Aramaic, the Semitic tongue Jesus apparently spoke. And when they read Hebrew scripture, they generally used the Greek translation which had been circulating for a couple centuries.

Besides, thanks to missionary efforts by Paul and his colleagues, a lot of Christian converts weren't Jewish at all. So it's not at all surprising that Jesus rescues the patriarchs of Hebrew scripture from the realm of Hades. There are English translations of the story around--look for the "Gospel of Nicodemus" (also sometimes called the "Acts of Pilate").

The story's status in Christian doctrine varies. Some Protestant churches drop that line ("He descended into hell") from the Apostles' Creed. At any rate, his assumption into Heaven is a separate matter, described in the New Testament book of Acts.

Sheol means grave and even fire means something to Jews quite different than what we think of today.

Judges 11:30 says he would devote his daughter as a burnt sacrifice. But in verse 40 it shows she is still alive and it meant she would stay in the temple and devote her self to God. Just as some women choose to do today. So fire meant a cleansing of a person not a destruction of a person.

Both

there's only one side of the place of the dead. Neither heaven nor hell were open before Jesus' time. His resurrection opened their gates and the believers went to heaven and the nonbelievers went to hell.

It's all a fairy story. You might as well as did Goldilocks really taste all three plates of porridge!

That sounds very confusing. I little look at the original words can help answer that qn and also point out a sad fact, the bible has been mistranslated by some in an effort to promote a pagan teaching. Let me explain.

We find the word “hell” in various Bible's yet in the same verses other translations read “the grave,” “the world of the dead,” and so forth. Some other Bibles simply transliterate the original-language words untranslated. What are those words? Going back to the original manuscripts of the bible the Hebrew word she’ohl′ and its Greek equivalent hai′des, which literally refer to the common grave of dead mankind; also, the Greek ge′en·na, which is used as a 'symbol' of eternal destruction have also been translated Hell in many translations. So why do they use two different meanings as the same? Answer..... In both the majority of Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished (and some believe that this is with torment), these have no biblical support to their views. Therefore when people try to reconcile these adopted pagan views with bible teaching there is much confusion.

Let me show you what I mean~

What sort of people go to the Bible hell?

Does the Bible say that the wicked go to hell? Yes

Ps. 9:17, KJ: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”

Does the Bible also say that the good and upright people go to hell? Yes

Job 14:13, Dy: “[Job prayed:] Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me?”

(God himself said that Job was “a man blameless and upright, fearing God and turning aside from bad.”—Job 1:8 so if Hell was a place of torment, why would he send him there?)

Acts 2:25-27, KJ: “David speaketh concerning him [Jesus Christ], . . . Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (The fact that God did not “leave” Jesus in hell implies that Jesus was in hell, or Hades, at least for a time, does it not?)

So here you can see the bible is teaching both Good and Bad go to Hell (including Jesus)..... or should we say the grave?

Does anyone ever get out of the Bible hell? Yes

Rev. 20:13, 14, KJ: “The sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.” (So all the dead will be delivered from hell. Notice also that hell is not the same as the lake of fire but will be cast into the lake of fire)

See also John 5:28, 29 . . . Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs [other translations Hell or Grave] will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practised vile things to a resurrection of judgement. . .

Why is there confusion as to what the Bible says about hell?

“Much confusion and misunderstanding has been caused through the early translators of the Bible persistently rendering the Hebrew Sheol and the Greek Hades along with Gehenna as the word hell.

Translators have allowed their personal beliefs to colour their work instead of being consistent in their rendering of the original-language words. For example: (1) The King James Version rendered she’ohl′ as “hell,” “the grave,” and “the pit”; hai′des is therein rendered both “hell” and “grave”; ge′en·na is also translated “hell.” (2) Today’s English Version transliterates hai′des as “Hades” and also renders it as “hell” and “the world of the dead.” But besides rendering “hell” from hai′des it uses that same translation for ge′en·na. (3) The Jerusalem Bible transliterates hai′des six times, but in other passages it translates it as “hell” and as “the underworld.” It also translates ge′en·na as “hell,” as it does hai′des in two instances. Thus the exact meanings of the original-language words have been obscured.

Where did the concept of hell come from if not the bible?

“Of all classical Greek philosophers, the one who has had the greatest influence on traditional views of Hell is Plato.”—Histoire des enfers (The History of Hell), by Georges Minois, p50.

“From the middle of the 2nd century AD Christians who had some training in Greek philosophy began to feel the need to express their faith in its terms . . . The philosophy that suited them best was Platonism.”—The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1988), Vol 25, page 890.

As you can see, everyone goes to the grave when they die. The concept of a Hell and torment forever is an adopted pagan concept not a biblical one. Whether a person is designated for heaven (Rev 5:10) or for the earth (Ps 37:11,29; Mt 5:5) the grave is a person's first point of call before a resurrection for the bible says:

(Acts 24:15) . . .and I have hope toward God, which hope these men themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. . . (also Lu 14:14)

The scriptures at Rev. 20:13,14 clearly show that God will remove or throw Hell (grave) into the lake of fire to be destroyed after it is emptied. Think to yourself. If God is a God of love, would he make those who sinned for a few years suffer in eternal torment forever? Certainly not. That would not be fair or just which we know our God is. Nor would our God want us to serve him out of fear, that does not harmonize with freewill or Love.

Simply, God has shown symbolically by the lake of fire that all evil and those practising it will be removed eternally without hope of being resurrected after that time. The Grave is simply that, the grave from which all good and bad will be resurrected. I hope you find this interesting and look more into it. The bible is a very rewarding letter from our God and by spending time reading it, we can get a wealth of information to our questions as well as clarifications on certain teachings (2 Tim 3:16,17). For example.... at Mt 5:5 Jesus said the meek shall inherit the earth...... if everyone goes to heaven, why did he say that the meek will inherit the earth? I will leave you with that thought!

And who says there are two sides?

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