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Sep 11, 2023 · When Paul says that he went to the third heaven, he means that he went to the place where God dwells. Interestingly, Paul uses the phrase caught up to refer to how he was transported to heaven; it’s the same Greek word used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 to refer to the rapture of the church.
Jun 22, 2021 · As Paul relates his revelation of heaven in 2 Corinthians 12, he does so to draw attention away from himself, and is thus, deliberately vague. He also doesn't know whether he was "in the body" or "out of the body" when he was caught up to Paradise (cf. 12:2-3).
Sep 8, 2019 · It is astonishing that Paul introduces this absolutely stunning experience of being “caught up into paradise” only to give it a passing “boast” and then turn all his attention to the real marks of an apostle — namely, suffering for Christ’s sake.
- Roger Barrier
Jan 30, 2024 · He was taken into a part of Heaven called Paradise. The word “paradise” in the Hebrew and in the Greek means “orchard or garden.” He was literally taken to the Garden of God in Heaven. But how did this happen? What was the event that allowed him to enter?
- Larry Ollison
Mar 14, 2010 · It’s supposed to say that Paul knew a man fourteen years ago, and this man was caught up to heaven, and Paul doesn’t know if that event was in the body or out of the body. This is why I highlighted some words in my quotation of this passage from the NIV, because those words stress that this is what the translators meant to convey.
Paul was “caught up even to the third heaven . . . into Paradise” (vv. 2, 4). Some think different realms are here in view—with Paradise being the intermediate state of the soul, while “the third heaven” represents the final abode of the righteous.
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Aug 21, 2024 · Paul was given a “thorn in the flesh,” which he said was a messenger from Satan to harass him, to keep him from being elated due to the revelations he had received from God. Having such special and unique revelations could cause Paul to be puffed up and arrogant.
