Verse 2 A man in Christ; a Christian, referring doubtless to himself.--Caught up; suddenly transported.--The third heaven; the spiritual heaven, the abode of the blessed. It is often thus designated by Jewish writers, to distinguish it from the region of the clouds, which they called the first heaven, and that of the heavenly bodies, which was the second. It is called paradise in 2 Corinthians 12:4.