“... A potential parallel for Christ's description in angelic categories in 3 Enoch might be promising, because some of the elements which are attributed to angels there seem to match with Apc 19. In 3 Enoch 17: 8, a certain group of angels (the 72 princes of kingdoms corresponding to the 72 nations of the world) are crowned with kingly crowns (cp. the diadem in Apc 19: 12 and the crown in Apc 14: 14). They wear special garments (cp. Apc 19: 13.16), ride horses (like Christ in Apc 19: 11-21). and hold a sceptre (cp. the staff in Apc 19: 15). Further, like Christ in Apc 19: 14, they are accompanied by heavenly armies. The number of parallels between the angels in 3 Enoch and Apc 19 seems to be rather impressive. However, the dating of 3 Enoch - written centuries after the Apocalypse - indicates that an influence of the angelological concepts on Apc 19 is entirely out of question. It can only be assumed that the author of 3 Enoch created his own angelological concept which coincidentialy matches the description of Christ in Apc 19, or that both passages draw on similar material for their representations. Such passages might involve Daniel 10: 5-6 (for the garment), Psalm 2 (for the staff/sceptre), or Daniel 10: 13.21; 12: 1 (for the leadership of a heavenly army). ...”