2 Corinthians 12:4
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
KJV
ὅτι ἡρπάγη εἰς τὸν παράδεισον καὶ ἤκουσεν ἄρρητα ῥήματα ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι.
Greek NT
quoniam raptus est in paradisum : et audivit arcana verba, quæ non licet homini loqui.
Vulgate
how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
ASV
That he was caught up into paradise and heard secret words which it is not granted to man to utter.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παράδεισος
paradeisos
noun · 3×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἁρπάζω
arpazo
verb · 14×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἄῤῥητος
arretos
adjective · 1×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The prolonged life of the ancients, the translation of Elijah and of Enoch in their own bodies, as well as the preservation of Jonah, of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the midst of extreme peril, are clear demonstrations that God can raise up our bodies to life eternal. 1. [In order to learn] that bodies did continue in existence for a lengthened period, as long as it was …
2. This then is one way, and the first, by which he cast down their pride; the next has greater force. What then is this? In that he shows that not even this thing itself was in all points complete, but imperfect, and extremely so. And not only imperfect, but also injurious, unless there were another thing joined together with it. For having said that we have knowledge, he adde…
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Can any created intellect see the essence of God? Is the essence of God seen by the intellect through any created image? Can the essence of God be seen by the corporeal eye? Is any created intellectual substance sufficient by its own natural powers to see the essence of God? Does the created intellect need any created light in order to see the essence of God? Of those who see G…
Is the soul of man carried away to things divine? Does rapture pertain to the cognitive or to the appetitive power? Did Paul when in rapture see the essence of God? Was he withdrawn from his senses? When in that state, was his soul was wholly separated from his body? What did he know, and what did he not know about this matter? Article 1. Whether the soul of man is carried away…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 13:1 — Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
- Ezek 31:9 — 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.
- Luke 23:43 — And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
- Rev 2:7 — 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.
- Rev 2:7 — 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.