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As I said, only God really knows if this man was in his body at the time. But he was taken up into paradise,[a] where he heard things too wonderful to tell. I will brag about that man, but not about myself, except to say how weak I am.

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  1. 12.4 paradise: In the Greek translation of the Old Testament, this word is used for the Garden of Eden. In New Testament times it was sometimes used for the place where God's people are happy and at rest, as they wait for the final judgment.

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