1Co_15:55
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” Jehovah's Witnesses jump on this verse and are quick to point out that the word "grave" is from the Greek "Hades." Therefore, their doctrine is that when a person dies, body, soul and spirit go to the grave. We have found in our previous study that Hades is in the center of the Earth, having two compartments—one Paradise, the other Torment—with a conversation from both sides going on. This would hardly be true of the grave. If this were to happen in the grave, the next time I preach a funeral some one else will have to finish it; because if the corpse has anything to say, I am leaving! Here, it is simply a mistranslation. We might make mention that many of the Greek manuscripts have the same Greek word for "death" and “grave," which is "thanatos." It would then read "O death, where is thy sting? O death, where is thy victory?