After Jesus said, “It is finished,” on the Cross, “he bowed his head and gave up his spirit” (John 19:30). His dead body remained on the Cross until it was taken down and placed in a nearby tomb (John 19:40–42). His spirit, however, was elsewhere. Three days later, His body and spirit were reunited, and He rose from the dead (John 20). There is some speculation about where Jesus was—that is, where His spirit was—for the three days between His death and resurrection.
‘With Me in paradise’
The clearest indication we have in (v. 43). So, after His death, Jesus went to the place of blessing where God is—heaven. And that’s where the believing thief went, too.
