The word "hell" in the more recent English bibles is translated from one word, Gehenna, which means "Valley of Hinnom." It is outside of Jerusalem and the end scene of an apocalyptic battle in Isa 66. Gehenna was a place of sacrifice to Molech and where they burned bodies after battles. There is no evidence that it was a garbage dump as often claimed (with no reference).
Jesus uses the word Gehenna more than anyone else (while speaking in Jerusalem, not in Galilee!!), but he didn't talk about what we think of as "hell" more than anyone else. That was Paul by most counts.
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