1 Enoch 40:9

Pseudepigrapha

8 After that, I asked the angel of peace who went with me, who showed me everything that is hidden: 'Who are these four presences which I have seen and whose words I have heard and written down?' 9 And he said to me: 'The first is Michael, the merciful and long-suffering; and the second, who is set over all the diseases and all the wounds of the children of men, is Raphael; and the third, who is set over all the powers, is Gabriel; and the fourth, who is set over the repentance unto hope of those who inherit eternal life, is named Phanuel.' And these are the four angels of the Lord of Spirits and the four voices I heard in those days.

Matthew 19:29

New Testament

28 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel. 29 And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

 Notes and References

"... The name is most likely to be derived from Peniel/Penuel of Genesis 32:30 (translated by LXX as “Image of God”). Phanuel of 1 Enoch is described as an angel of repentance: “the fourth, who is over all action of repentance unto the hope of those who would inherit eternal life, is Phanuel by name” (40:9; compare 54:6; 71:8–12 ... There may be a connection between repentance and revelation. Thus, weeping is a well-attested means of attaining revelation, implemented also by our seer. In Testament of Gad 5:6–9 personified Repentance is connected to (revelatory?) knowledge and understanding: it “destroys ignorance, and drives away darkness, and enlightens the eyes, and gives knowledge to the soul, and leads the mind to salvation. And those things which are not learnt from man, are understood through Repentance.” ..."

Kulik, Alexander Baruch: Greek-Slavonic Apocalypse of Baruch (pp. 94-95) De Gruyter, 2010

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