King James Version

2 Corinthians 12:2

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.

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οἶδαoidato perceiveοἶδαverb, perfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveἄνθρωπονanthrōpona manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.a manἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inΧριστῷchristōChristΧριστός (christos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the to- or for-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christπρὸproaboveπρόpreposition — “above”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.aboveἐτῶνetōnyearsἔτος (etos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “years”, the of-formG2094a year.yearsδεκατεσσάρων—dekatessarōnfourteenδεκατέσσαρες (dekatessares)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “fourteen”, the of-formG1180fourteen.εἴτεeite(whetherεἴτεconjunction — “(whether”G1535and if, whether.This verse uses “whether”.(whetherἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inσώματιsōmatibodyσῶμα (sōma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “body”, the to- or for-formG4983body, flesh; the body of the Church.This verse uses “body”.the bodyοὐκoukI cannotοὐ (ou)adverb — “I cannot”G3756no, not.I cannotοἶδαoidato perceiveοἶδαverb, perfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveεἴτεeiteor whetherεἴτεconjunction — “or whether”G1535and if, whether.This verse uses “whether”.or whetherἐκτὸςektosoutἐκτόςpreposition — “out”G1622(a) adv: (1) without, outside, beyond, (2) except, (3) subst: the outside, (b) prep: outside, apart from.outτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σώματοςsōmatosof the bodyσῶμα (sōma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the body”, the of-formG4983body, flesh; the body of the Church.This verse uses “body”.of the bodyοὐκoukI cannotοὐ (ou)adverb — “I cannot”G3756no, not.I cannotοἶδαoidato perceiveοἶδαverb, perfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godοἶδεν—oidento perceiveοἶδα (oida)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG6063to perceiveἁρπαγένταharpagentacaught upἁρπάζω (harpazō)verb, aorist passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “caught up”, a single actionG726I seize, snatch, obtain by robbery.caught upτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τοιοῦτονtoioutonsuch as thisτοιοῦτος (toioutos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “such as this”, the object formG5108of such a kind, such.This verse uses “such”.ἕωςheōstoἕωςpreposition — “to”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.toτρίτουtritouthirdτρίτος (tritos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “third”, the of-formG5154third.the thirdοὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heaven

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago — whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known — such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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 knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven fourteen years ago—whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows.

Darby Translation

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in [the] body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such [a one] caught up to [the] third heaven.

Douay-Rheims

I know a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up to the third heaven.

American Standard Version (1901)

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World English Bible

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