2 Corinthians 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

knew. Greek. oida. App-132. The 2nd Perf. with sense of the Present Tense.

man. Greek. anthropos. App-129.

in. Greek. en. App-104.

Christ. App-98.

above, &c. Literally before (Greek. pro. App-104. xiv) four-teen years.

cannot tell. know (Greek. oida as above) not (Greek. au).

out of. without. Greek. ektos. See 1 Corinthians 6:18.

God. App-98.

caught up. caught away. Greek. harpazo. See John 10:12.

to. as far as. Greek. heos.

heaven. Singular. See Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.

2 Corinthians 12:2

2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.