There is frequent mention of the realm of the dead, Hades, which is generally understood as being located under the earth (or perhaps under the waters of the seas), and which in Hebrew is called Sheol. This is where, according to venerable belief, practically all the dead await the end of time. In Luke, it is there that both the rich man and Lazarus in Christ’s parable are placed, though they occupy very different regions in its topography.
