# caught up

## Definition:

The term “caught up” often refers to God taking a person up to heaven in a sudden, miraculous way.

* The phrase “caught up with” refers to coming up to someone after hurrying to reach him. A term with a similar meaning is “overtake.”
* The apostle Paul talked about being “caught up” to the third heaven. This could also be translated as “taken up.”
* Paul said that when Christ comes back, Christians will be “caught up” together to meet him in the air.
* 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.”

(see: [miracle](../kt/miracle.md), [overtake](../other/overtake.md), [suffer](../other/suffer.md), [trouble](../other/trouble.md))

## Bible References:

* [2 Corinthians 12:1-2](rc://en/tn/help/2co/12/01)
* [Acts 08:39-40](rc://en/tn/help/act/08/39)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H1692, G726
