Texts in Conversation
1 Enoch closes as the speaker vows that he and his son will be joined with the righteous forever, a line debated as either Enoch with Methuselah or God with the Messiah. 4 Ezra similarly has Ezra taken up to remain with the son until the end of time.
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1 Enoch 105:2
Pseudepigrapha
1 In those days, the Lord commanded them to summon and testify to the children of earth concerning their wisdom: Show it to them; for you are their guides, and a recompense over the whole earth. 2 For I and My son will be united with them forever in the paths of uprightness in their lives; and you shall have peace: rejoice, you children of uprightness. Amen.
4 Ezra 14:9
2 Esdras
Pseudepigrapha
7 So too I now give this order to you: 8 commit to memory the signs I have shown you, the visions you have seen, and the explanations you have been given. 9 You yourself are about to be taken away from the world of men, and thereafter you will remain with my son and with those like you, until the end of time. 10 The world has lost its youth, and time is growing old.
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"... g. The Messiah. 1 Enoch 105:2: “I and my son (= Messiah) will be united with them always on the ways of truth during their life. You will have peace; rejoice, children of the truth.” ‖ 4 Ezra 7:28 following: “For my son the Christ (filius meus Messiah), will be revealed with all who are with him and he will give to all who remain peace for 400 years. After these years my son, the Christ, will die along with all who have human breath.” (The textual tradition is not unified; other manuscripts have, instead of “filius meus Messiah,” just “Messiah meus” or “Messiah” or “Messiah dei.”) — 4 Ezra 14:9: “But you (Ezra) are to be removed from men and from now on you will dwell with my son (cum filio meo) and his companions until the times are up.” (These passages do not have in view a preexistent Messiah; see § John 1:1 A, A, n. c.) — Everywhere in these passages the expression “my son” in God’s mouth is a designation for the Messiah, synonymous with Christos or mashiach. ..."
Strack, Hermann L., and Paul Billerbeck
A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash, Volume 3: Romans through Revelation
(p. 86) Lexham Press, 2023
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