Did Jesus go to hell for 3 days to give a 2nd chance?

Answer 1

No! After death there is no second chance. When you are dead physically and spiritually there is no second chance for salvation.

In I Peter chapter 3 we are told that Jesus in His spirit went to the place where the fallen angels are kept in chains until the day of judgment and then cast into the Lake of Fire. Jesus went there to proclaim that He had gained a total victory over Satan and all his cronies by dying on the cross.

And yes His body lay in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights. Some do believe there is a second chance, but it is not supported by scripture.

Another Answer:

Yes, as He was fully human and had to do all that humans do. The most common term for 'hell' used is 'Sheol' in the Hebrew and 'Hades' in the Greek and simply means grave or pit. Jesus gave only one sign of His Messiahship, that of Jonah being 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the great fish (metaphor for grave):

Matthew 12:40New King James Version (NKJV)

40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jesus died so all mankind can have A chance at God's gift of Salvation.