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NASB | 2 Kings 2:11 As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Kings 2:11 As they continued along and talked, behold, a chariot of fire with horses of fire [appeared suddenly and] separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. |
Subject: what man was born but never died |
Bible Note: We are not told that Enoch did not die - we are told that God "took him". In Hebrews Paul tells us that Enoch was not found because he had been "translated." Hbr 11:5 "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him" The original Greek word for "translate" is metatithemi which means to transfer, transport, exchange, or change sides. So put simply, it appears that Enoch was transported by God so that he wasn't killed by someone or some event. He wasn't found because no-one knew where he'd been transported to. He can't have gone to heaven because "No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man" (John 3:13). And he wasn't the only person in the Bible to be "translated". Jacob was translated in Acts 7:16, but the word "metatithemi" is translated as "carried over" (i.e. transported). |