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Luke describes people fainting with fear at coming judgment, echoing the language of distress found in the Psalms of Solomon, which uses this language to say that the righteous are shielded from it when judgment is revealed.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Psalms of Solomon 15:4
Pseudepigrapha, Wisdom and Poetry
2 For who, God, is strong except to give thanks to You sincerely? And how is a man powerful except by giving thanks to Your name? 3 A new psalm with song in gladness of heart, The fruit of the lips with the well-tuned instrument of the tongue, The firstfruits of the lips from a faithful and righteous heart: 4 The person who offers these things shall never be shaken by evil; The flame of fire and the anger against the unrighteous shall not touch him, 5 when it goes out from the face of the Lord against sinners, to destroy all the possessions of sinners, 6 For the mark of God is upon the righteous so that they may be saved.
Date: 65–30 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
Luke 21:26
New Testament
24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. 26 People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads because your redemption is drawing near.”
Date: 75–85 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Compare Wisdom of Solomon 4.19; Sirach 28.14; Luke 6.38; Luke 21.26; 1 Maccabees 9:13; Acts 4:31; Acts 17:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:2 ..."
Robert B. Wright, The Psalms of Solomon: A Critical Edition of the Greek Text (London: T&T Clark, 2007), 163.
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