The Bible Exposed

Contradictions (f): John 3:13

Passage John 3:13

John 3:13 says that no one has gone up into heaven except the one who came down. Against this the Old Testament tells of Elijah, who in 2 Kings 2:11 went up by a whirlwind into heaven, and of Enoch, who in Genesis 5:24 walked with God and was not, for God took him. The argument is that the Gospel statement is contradicted by these earlier ascents.

And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kings 2:11

Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

Genesis 5:24

Source: see Credits and references (no. 8, p. 7).