2 Corinthians 12:4

For though I would desire to glory,..... Had a mind to it, chose it, and was fond of it, thought fit to proceed in this way concerning this vision, or this with many others:

I shall not be a fool;…

Into paradise - The word “paradise” (παράδεισος paradeisos) occurs but three times in the New Testament; Luk 23:43; 2Co 12:4; Rev 2:7. It occurs often in the Septuagint, as the translation of the…

Caught up into paradise - The Jewish writers have no less than four paradises, as they have seven heavens; but it is needless to wade through their fables. On the word paradise see the note on Gen…

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…

how that he was caught up into paradise Was this a second vision, or only an extension of the first? St Paul's language makes the latter more probable. Early tradition is not very clear upon the…