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A Deliberate Repetition
Commentators note that Paul repeats his statement from the previous verse almost word for word. This is a deliberate rhetorical device to strongly affirm the reality of this profound vision while also emphasizing how mysterious and overwhelming it was. He was certain of the event, but completely uncertain of its mechanics.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 12:3
18th Century
Theologian
And I knew such a man. It is not uncommon to repeat a solemn affirmation in order that it may be made more emphatic. This is done here. Pa…
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 12:3
I do not know (ουκ οιδα). Paul declines to pass on his precise condition in this trance. We had best leave it as he has told it.
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 12:3
19th Century
Bishop
And I knew such a man.—Better, as before, I know.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 12:3
None of the visions recorded in Acts can be identified with the one related here, since it occurred fourteen years before the time of writing—i.e.,…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 12:3
17th Century
Pastor
And I knew such a man
The same man, namely himself, is here designed, and the same rapture spoken of, and the condit…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 12:1–6
17th Century
Minister
There can be no doubt the apostle speaks of himself. Whether heavenly things were brought down to him while his body was in a trance, as in the cas…