Jesus In Hell: Heresy or Fact?

From the cross Jesus told the repentant thief, "Today you shall be with Me in paradise." Three days later He said to Mary, "Stop clinging to Me for I have not yet ascended to the Father. "Early in His ministry Jesus told the scribes and the Pharisees, "As Jonah was in the belly of the sea monster, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the Earth. "The Athanasian Creed from the sixth century said that Jesus "descended into hell and rose on the third day. "Did Jesus really suffer the unthinkable indignity of the torments of Hell? The author will clear up any confusion you may have on this subject by thoroughly examining the facts as they appear in the Holy Scriptures.