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# caught up
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## Definition:
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The term “caught up” often refers to God taking a person up to heaven in a sudden, miraculous way.
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* The phrase “caught up with” refers to coming up to someone after hurrying to reach him. A term with a similar meaning is “overtake.”
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* The apostle Paul talked about being “caught up” to the third heaven. This could also be translated as “taken up.”
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* Paul said that when Christ comes back, Christians will be “caught up” together to meet him in the air.
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* The figurative expression, “my sins have caught up with me” could be translated as “I am receiving the consequences of my sin” or “because of my sin I am suffering” or “my sin is causing me trouble.”
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(see: [miracle](../kt/miracle.md), [overtake](../other/overtake.md), [suffer](../other/suffer.md), [trouble](../other/trouble.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [2 Corinthians 12:1-2](rc://en/tn/help/2co/12/01)
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* [Acts 08:39-40](rc://en/tn/help/act/08/39)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’s: H1692, G726
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