4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here we may observe, I. The narrative the apostle gives of the favours God had shown him, and the honour he had done him; for doubtless he himself is the man in Christ of whom he speaks. Concerning this we may take notice, 1. Of the honour itself which was done to the apostle: he was caught up into the third heaven , 2 Cor. 12:2. When this was we cannot say, whether it was during those three days…
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