Visions of supernatural beings or places are relatively common in the Bible and early Christian writings.

From Wheels to Wills Within Wheels to visions of the risen Jesus to trips to the afterlife,

writers record a whole array of fascinating experiences.

Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman joins me to talk about one of the less flamboyant but nonetheless intriguing visions, Paul's

trip to the Third Heaven. We'll get into the role of visions in ancient communities,

what exactly a Third Heaven is and why Paul chose to write about it.

Welcome to Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman.

The only show, where a six-time New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned Bible scholar,

uncovers the many fascinating, little-known facts about the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity.

I'm your host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin.

Hello everyone and welcome back to misquoting Jesus.

Today we are talking about supernatural visions

and specifically Paul's vision of the third heaven in 2 Corinthians.

Before that, but how are you doing?

Yeah, I'm doing pretty well.

I just, I got back from a tour in Greece just now, like, you know, 12 hours ago.

So I had great visions there.

Let me tell you, there's a lot of fantastic visionary things on Greek islands.

Let me just say.

So, yeah, so that was really good.

I do these trips sometimes where I give some lectures, and it's always great fun.

So, yeah.

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