The word comes from {{bible ref|Luke|23|43}}, where [[Jesus]] promised after-death deliverance to "παράδεισος" (paradeisos) to the so-called [[Good Thief]] who was [[Crucifixion|crucified]] next to him.<ref>Some claim the word originates from a [[Persian]] word that roughly equates to the "heaven" side of the Heaven/Hell duality in [[Zoroastrianism]]. When the ancient Tribe of the Upper Kingdom was freed from [[Babylonian Exile]], they adopted many cultural traits and parts of the language from the Zoroastrians, including the word "paradise". The English usage of paradise for Heaven comes through [[French]], which takes its form "paradis" from the [[Latin]]. Latin borrowed from the [[Greek]], which took the word more directly from the Persian word.</ref> The term for paradise is also mentioned at {{bibleref|2Corinthians|12|3}} and {{bibleref|Revelation|2|7}}, and nowhere in the [[Old Testament]]. [[The Message]] translation uses the word two more times than most other English translations do. | The word comes from {{bible ref|Luke|23|43}}, where [[Jesus]] promised after-death deliverance to "παράδεισος" (paradeisos) to the so-called [[Good Thief]] who was [[Crucifixion|crucified]] next to him.<ref>Some claim the word originates from a [[Persian]] word that roughly equates to the "heaven" side of the Heaven/Hell duality in [[Zoroastrianism]]. When the ancient Tribe of the Upper Kingdom was freed from [[Babylonian Exile]], they adopted many cultural traits and parts of the language from the Zoroastrians, including the word "paradise". The English usage of paradise for Heaven comes through [[French]], which takes its form "paradis" from the [[Latin]]. Latin borrowed from the [[Greek]], which took the word more directly from the Persian word.</ref> The term for paradise is also mentioned at {{bibleref|2Corinthians|12|3}} and {{bibleref|Revelation|2|7}}, and nowhere in the [[Old Testament]]. [[The Message]] translation uses the word two more times than most other English translations do. |