Oh ok, I see what you're saying. I think people might have gone to paradise before Jesus because of his parable of Lazarus and the rich man, but Moses and Elijah appeared with him on the mount of transfiguration so I think it might be possible people went to heaven and that it was just a parable (people going to paradise makes more sense to me though). If he was in heaven and there were other people there it might have been a requirement for him to live by a certain standard to remain there when he died. I don't know if he had eternal life.