2Cor 12:2-4 | TNotes | STEP | 12:2 I was caught up (literally I know a man in Christ who was caught up ): In Greek, Paul demurely uses third person to speak of himself. • The third heaven is a Jewish expression for the immediate presence of God. • fourteen years ago: That is, about AD 43.

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‏ 2 Corinthians 12:2-4

12:2 ^a I was caught up (literally I know a man in Christ who was caught up): In Greek, Paul demurely uses third person to speak of himself.

• The third heaven is a Jewish expression for the immediate presence of God.

• fourteen years ago: That is, about AD 43.
Summary for 2Cor 12:3-4: 12:3-4 ^b Paul wasn’t sure whether he was in a trance or actually taken to heaven.

• But I do know that I was caught up: Literally But I know such a man, that he was caught up; see study note on 12:2.