2 Corinthians 12:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Into paradise - The word “paradise” ( παράδεισος paradeisos) occurs but three times in the New Testament; Luke 23:43 ; 2 Corinthians 12:4 ;...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

How that he was caught up into (c) paradise, and heard (d) unspeakable words, which it is not (e) lawful for a man to utter. (c) So the Greeks name...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Special Revelation and its Sequel. By an account of a great spiritual experience which he had enjoyed, Paul explains the reason why he has been c...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

into . Greek. eis. App-104. paradise . See note on Ecclesiastes 2:5 , unspeakable. Greek. arretos. Only here. words , Greek. rhema. Se...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. In paradise (889) As every region that is peculiarly agreeable and delightful (890) is called in the Scriptures the garden of God, i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Caught up into paradise - The Jewish...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Caught up into Paradise— By the third heaven, 2 Corinthians 12:2 some understand the seat of the divine glory, the place where Christ dwelleth...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Unspeakable - not in themsel...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His Privileges and Trials The Apostle unwillingly resumes his boasting and tells of a revelation he received from God; but returns again to dwell...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Into paradise ] Paradise is used as a synonym for the third heaven of 2 Corinthians 12:2 . The word is used in the NT. for the abode of the blessed...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4) That he was caught up into paradise. — The stress laid on this second vision hinders us from thinking of it as identical with the former, either...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Secret of Strength 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 It is a sublime phrase- a man in Christ. We reach our full stature only when we are in Him. We a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The boasting continues. However, it takes on a new and startling characteristic. In his apostleship there had been something supernatural, something...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How that he was caught up into paradise ,.... Not the earthly paradise in which our first parents were; this was destroyed by the flood, and the pla...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Ver. 4. How that he was caught u...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How that he was caught up into paradise The seat of happy spirits, in their separate state between death and the resurrection. See note on Luke 23...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If in chapter 11 we have seen God's grace in sustaining the vessel through all adversity, Paul now speaks of the other side of this, the grace which...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Rapture. A. D. 57. 1 It is not...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Glories in Wondrous Experiences, Dreadful Weakness and The Manifestation of Miracles, In All of Which He Is a Match For His Opponents ( 2 Corinth...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knows), such a one caught u...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( No break, except that of a new paragraph .) 2 Corinthians 12:1 .—Note reading; probably, as in R.V. Remember how full is Paul...
Scofield Reference Notes

paradise See note on hades, ( See Scofield) - ( Luke 16:23 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:2-4 St. Paul's Vision of Paradise. I. It is not difficult to conceive the impossibility of conveying any adequate impression of...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:1 . It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. To disclosures of the divi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The revelations vouchsafed to him ( 2 Corinthians 12:1-47 ). The counteracting "thorn in the flesh" ( 2 Corinthians 12:7-47 ). One mo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Boast of His Weakness. Supernatural revelations:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 31:9 ; Luke 23:43 ; Revelation 2:7
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He was caught up into paradise — The seat of happy spirits in their separate state, between death and the resurrection. Things which it is not poss...

⁴ How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawfulb for a man to utter.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 12:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 12:4