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Daniel 10 has an angel touch and strengthen Daniel after a vision leaves him unable to stand. The Apocalypse of Abraham echoes this recovery as Jaoel raises Abraham by the hand, making angelic help a condition of his encounter with God.
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1000+ CE
Daniel 10:10
Hebrew Bible
10 Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. 11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. Understand the words that I am about to speak to you. So stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up shaking. 12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words. 13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for 21 days. But Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there with the kings of Persia.
Apocalypse of Abraham 10:4
Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses
3 And while I was still lying with my face upon the earth, I heard the voice of the Holy One speaking: "Go, Jaoel, and by means of my ineffable Name raise me that man, and strengthen him (so that he recover) from his trembling." 4 And the angel came, whom He had sent to me, in the likeness of a man, and grasped me by my right hand, and set me up upon my feet, 5 and said to me: "Stand up, [Abraham,] Friend of God who loves you; do not let the trembling of man seize you! 6 For, behold! I have been sent to you to strengthen you and bless you in the name of God — who loves you — the Creator of the celestial and terrestrial.
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Notes and References
“... Cf. Ezek. i. 28; Dan. viii. 17, x. 8 f.; 1 Enoch xiv. 14, 24; 4 Ezra x. 29 f. ...”
Box, G. H., with J. I. Landsman
The Apocalypse of Abraham
(p. PDF 29) Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1918
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