“Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates,
[A paradise] with precious fruits, henna with fragrant plants,

Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words which man is not permitted to speak [words too sacred to tell].

He who has an ear, let him hear and heed what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant [the privilege] to eat [the fruit] from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.’