NT Allusions to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

 

1 ENOCH

 

 1.      1.2:  And Enoch, the blessed and righteous man of the Lord, took up (his parable) while his eyes were open and he saw, and said, “(This is) a holy vision from the heavens which the angels showed me:  and I heard from them everything and I understood.  I look not for this generation but for the distant one that is coming.

          1Pt 1.12: It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look!

 2.      1.9:  Behold, he will arrive with ten million of the holy ones in order to execute judgment upon all.  He will destroy the wicked ones and censure all flesh on account of everything that they have done, that which the sinners and the wicked ones committed against him.

          Jude 14-15:  It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “See, the Lord is coming with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all, and to convict everyone of all the deed of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

 3.      5.4:  But as for you, you have not been long-suffering and you have not done the commandments of the Lord, but you have transgressed and spoken slanderously grave and harsh words with your impure mouths against his greatness.  Oh, you hard-hearted, may you not find peace!

          Jude 16: These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their own lusts; they are bombastic in speech, flattering people to their own advantage.

 4.      5.7:  But to the elect there shall be light, joy, and peace, and they shall inherit the earth.  To you, wicked ones, on the contrary, there will be a curse.

          Mt 5.5: Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

 5.      9.4:  And they said to the Lord of the potentates, “For he is the Lord of lords, and the God of gods, and the King of kings, and the seat of his glory stands throughout all the generations of the world.  Your name is holy, and blessed, and glorious throughout the whole world.”

          Rev 15.3: And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!

          Rev 17.14: they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

          [UBS4] Rev 19.16: On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, "King of kings and Lord of lords."  

6.      9.5:  You have made everything and with you is the authority for everything.  Everything is naked and open before your sight, and you see everything; and there is nothing which can hide itself from you.

          Heb 4.13: And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account. 

7.      9.10:  An now behold, the Holy One will cry, and those who have died will bring their suit up to the gate of heaven.  Their groaning has ascended into heaven, but they could not get out from before the face of the oppression that is being wrought on earth.

          1Pt 3.19: in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison

 8.      10.4-5:  And secondly the Lord said to Raphael, “Bind Azaz’el hand and foot and throw him into the darkness!”  And he made a hold in the desert which was in Duda’el and cast him there; he threw on top of him rugged and sharp rocks.  And he covered his face in order that he may not see light

          2Pt 2.4: For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment

          *Mt 22.13: Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

 9.      10.6:  and in order that he may be sent into the fire on the great day of judgment.

          Jude 6: And the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgment of the great day.

          Rev 19.20: And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

 10.     10.11-14:  And to Michael God said, “Make known to Semyaza and the others who are with him, who fornicated with the women, that they will die together with them in all their defilement.  And when they and all their children have battled with each other, and when they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them for seventy generations underneath the rocks of the ground until the day of their judgment and of their consummation, until the eternal judgment is concluded.  In those days they will lead them into the bottom of the fire – and in torment – in the prison where they will be locked up forever.  And at the time when they will burn and die, those who collaborated with them will be bound together with them from henceforth unto the end of all generations. 

         2 Pt 2.4: For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment

 11.     10.11-15: And to Michael God said, “Make known to Semyaza and the others who are with him, who fornicated with the women, that they will die together with them in all their defilement.  And when they and all their children have battled with each other, and when they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them for seventy generations underneath the rocks of the ground until the day of their judgment and of their consummation, until the eternal judgment is concluded.  In those days they will lead them into the bottom of the fire – and in torment – in the prison where they will be locked up forever.  And at the time when they will burn and die, those who collaborated with them will be bound together with them from henceforth unto the end of all generations.  And destroy all the souls of pleasure and the children of the Watchers, for they have done injustice to man.

             1Pt 3.19: in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison

 12.     12.4:  At that moment, the Watchers were calling me.  And they said to me, “Enoch, scribe of righteousness, go and make known to the Watchers of heaven who have abandoned the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, as their deeds move the children of the world, and have taken unto themselves wives:  They have defiled themselves with great defilement upon the earth

          Jude 6: And the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgment of the great day.

 13.     14.19:  and from beneath the throne were issuing streams of flaming fire.  It was difficult to look at it.

          Rev 22.1: Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

 14.     14.22:  the flaming fire was round about him, and a great fire stood before him.  No one could come near unto him from among those that surrounded the tens of millions that stood before him.

          Rev 5.11: Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands 

15.     15.6-7:  Indeed, you, formerly you were spiritual, having eternal life, and immortal in all the generations of the world.  That is why formerly I did not make wives for you, for the dwelling of the spiritual beings of heaven is heaven.

          Mk 12.25: For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

 16.     16.1:  From the days of the slaughter and destruction, and the death of the giants and the spiritual beings of the spirit, and the flesh, from which they have proceeded forth, which will corrupt without incurring judgment, they will corrupt until the day of the great conclusion, until the great age is consummated, until everything is concluded (upon) the Watchers and the wicked ones.

          Mt 13.39: and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

 17.     16.3:  “‘You were once in heaven, but not all the mysteries of heaven are open to you, and you only knew the rejected mysteries.  These ones you have broadcast to the women in the hardness of your hearts and by those mysteries the women and men multiply evil deeds upon the earth.’  Tell them, ‘Therefore, you will have no peace!’”

          1Pt 1.12: It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look!

 18.     18.13:  And I saw there the seven stars which were like great, burning mountains.

          Rev 8.8: The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea.

 19.     18.15-16:  And the stars which roll over upon the fire, they are the ones which have transgressed the commandments of God from the beginning of their rising because they did not arrive punctually.  And he was wroth with them and bound them until the time of the completion of their sin in the year of mystery.

          Jude 13: wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

 20.     18.16: And he was wroth with them and bound them until the time of the completion of their sin in the year of mystery.

          Rev 20.3: and threw him into the pit, and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let out for a little while.

 21.     21.3:  And there I saw seven stars bound together in it, like great mountains, and burning with fire.

          Rev 8.8: The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea.

          Rev 17.9: This calls for a mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; also, they are seven kings,

 22.     21.5-6:  Then one of the holy angels, Uriel, who was with me, guiding me, spoke to me and said to me, “Enoch, for what reason are you asking and for what reason do you question and exhibit eagerness?  These are among the stars of heaven which have transgressed the commandments of the Lord and are bound in this place until the completion of ten million years, according to the number of their sins.”

          Jude 13: wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

 23.     21.6: These are among the stars of heaven which have transgressed the commandments of the Lord and are bound in this place until the completion of ten million years, according to the number of their sins.

          Rev 20.3: and threw him into the pit, and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let out for a little while.

 24.     22.9-10:  And he replied and said to me, “These three have been made in order that the spirits of the dead might be separated by this spring of water with light upon it, in like manner, the sinners are set apart when they die and are buried in the earth and judgment has not been executed upon them in their lifetime

          Heb 12.23: and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect

 25.     22.9-14: And he replied and said to me, “These three have been made in order that the spirits of the dead might be separated by this spring of water with light upon it, in like manner, the sinners are set apart when they die and are buried in the earth and judgment has not been executed upon them in their lifetime, upon this great pain, until the great day of judgment – and to those who curse there will be plague and pain forever, and the retribution of their spirits.  They will bind them there forever – even from the beginning of the world.  And in this manner is a separation made for the souls of those who make the suit and those who disclose concerning destruction, as they were killed in the days of the sinners.  Such has been made for the souls of the people who are not righteous, but sinners and perfect criminals; they shall be together with (other) criminals who are like them, whose souls will not be killed on the day of judgment but will not rise from there.”  At that moment I blessed the Lord of Glory and I said, “Blessed be my Lord, the Lord of righteousness who rules forever.”

          Lk 16.26: Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.

 26.     22.11: upon this great pain, until the great day of judgment – and to those who curse there will be plague and pain forever, and the retribution of their spirits.  They will bind them there forever – even from the beginning of the world.

          Jude 6: And the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deepest darkness for the judgment of the great day.

 27.     [UBS4] 25.5:  This is for the righteous and the pious.  And the elect will be presented with its fruit for life.  He will plant it in the direction of the northeast, upon the holy place – in the direction of the house of the Lord, the Eternal King.

          Rev 15.3: And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!

 28.     [UBS4] 27.3:  There will be upon them the spectacle of the righteous judgment, in the presence of the righteous forever.  The merciful will bless the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, all the day.

          Rev 15.3: And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!

          *1Tim 1.17: To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

 29.     38.2:  and when the Righteous One shall appear before the face of the righteous, those elect ones, their deeds are hung upon the Lord of the Spirits, he shall reveal light to their righteous and the elect who dwell upon the earth, where will the dwelling of the sinners be, and where the resting place of those who denied the name of the Lord of the Spirits?  It would have been far better for them not to have been born.

          Mt 26.24: The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born. 

30.     39.4:  Then I saw other dwelling places of the holy ones and their resting places too.

          Lk 16.9: And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.

 31.     40.1:  And after that, I saw a hundred thousand times a hundred thousand, ten million times ten million, an innumerable and uncountable multitude who stand before the glory of the Lord of the Spirits.

          Rev 5.11: Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands

 32.     46.3:  And he answered me and said to me, “This is the Son of Man, to whom belongs righteousness, and with whom righteousness dwells.  And he will open all the hidden storerooms; for the Lord of the Spirits has chosen him, and he is destined to be victorious before the Lord of the Spirits in eternal uprightness.

          Col 2.3: in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

 33.     46.10 [sic; see below, #33]

          Mk 8.29: He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah."

 34.     48.7:  And he has revealed the wisdom of the Lord of the Spirits to the righteous and the holy ones, for he has preserved the portion of the righteous because they have hated and despised this world of oppression together with all its ways of life and its habits in the name of the Lord of the Spirits; and because they will be saved in his name and it is his good pleasure that they have life.

          Jas 3.6: And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

 35.     48.10:  On the day of their weariness, there shall be an obstacle on the earth and they shall fall on their faces; and they shall not rise up again, nor anyone be found who will take them with his hands and raise them up.  For they have denied the Lord of the Spirits and his Messiah.  Blessed be the name of the Lord of the Spirits!

          Jude 4: For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

 36.     51.1:  In those days, Sheol will return all the deposits which she had received and hell will give back all that which it owes.

          Rev 20.13: And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and all were judged according to what they had done. 

37.     51.2:  And he shall choose the righteous and the holy ones from among the risen dead, for the day when they shall be selected and saved has arrived. 

         Lk 21.28: Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.

 38.     51.4:  In those days, mountains shall dance like rams; and the hills shall leap like kids satiated with milk.  And the faces of all the angels in heaven shall glow with joy, because on that day the Elect One has arisen.

          Mk 12.25: For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven

 39.     54.6:  Then Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Phanuel themselves shall seize them on that great day of judgment and cast them into the furnace of fire that is burning that day, so that the Lord of the Spirits may take vengeance on them on account of their oppressive deeds which (they performed) as messengers of Satan, leading astray those who dwell upon the earth.

          Rev 13.14: and by the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, it deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived

 40.     60.8:  and the other, a male called Behemoth, which holds his chest in an invisible desert whose name is Dundayin, east of the garden of Eden, wherein the elect and the righteous ones dwell, wherein my grandfather was taken, the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of the Spirits created.

          Jude 14: It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "See, the Lord is coming with ten thousands of his holy ones

 41.     61.5:  And these measurements shall reveal all the secrets of the depths of the earth, those who have been destroyed in the desert, those who have been devoured by the wild beasts, and those who have been eaten by the fish of the sea.  So that they all will return and find hope in the day of the Elect One.  For there is no one who perishes before the Lord of the Spirits, and no one who should perish.

          Rev 20.13: And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and all were judged according to what they had done.

 42.     61.8:  He placed the Elect One on the throne of glory; and he shall judge all the works of the holy ones in heaven above, weighing in the balance of their deeds.

          Mt 25.31: When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

 43.     62.2-3:  The Lord of the Spirits has sat down on the throne of his glory, and the spirit of righteousness has been poured out upon him.  The word of his mouth will do the sinners in; and all the oppressors shall be eliminated from before his face.  On the day of judgment, all the kings, the governors, the high officials, and the landlords shall see and recognize him – how he sits on the throne of his glory, and righteousness is judged before him, and that no nonsensical talk shall be uttered in his presence.

          Mt 25.31: When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 

44.     62.4: Then pain shall come upon them as on a woman in travail with birth pangs – when she is giving birth the child enters the mouth of the womb and she suffers from childbearing.

          1Th 5.3: When they say, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!

 45.     63.10:  Furthermore, at that time, you shall say, “Our souls are satiated with exploitation money which could not save us from being cast into the oppressive Sheol.”

          Lk 16.9: And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.

 46.     66.2:  But the Lord of the Spirits gave an order to the angles who were on duty that they should not raise the water enclosures but guard them – for they were the angles who were in charge of the waters.  Then I left from the presence of Enoch.

          Rev 16.5: And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are just, O Holy One, who are and were, for you have judged these things

 47.     69.27:  Then there came to them a great joy.  And they blessed, glorified, and exalted the Lord on account of the fact that the name of that Son of Man was revealed to them.  He shall never pass away or perish from before the face of the earth.

          Mt 25.31: When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

          Mt 26.64: Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, From now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

          Jn 5.22: The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son

 48.     [UBS4] 70.1-4:  And it happened after this that his living name was raised up before that Son of Man and to the Lord from among those who dwell upon the earth; it was lifted up in a wind chariot and it disappeared from among them.  From that day on, I was not counted among them.  But he placed me between two winds, between the northeast and the west, where the angels took a cord to measure for me the place for the elect and the righteous ones.  And there I saw the first (human) ancestors and the righteous ones of old, dwelling in that place.

          Heb 11.5: By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death; and “he was not found, because God had taken him.”  For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.”

 49.     Books 72-82:  [The Book of Heavenly Luminaries]

          Gal 4.10: You are observing special days, and months, and seasons, and years.

 50.     83.3-5:  I was then sleeping in my grandfather Mahalalel’s house, and I saw in a vision the sky being hurled down and snatched and falling upon the earth.  When it fell upon the earth, I saw the earth being swallowed up in the great abyss, the mountains being suspended upon mountains, the kills sinking down upon the hills, and tall trees being uprooted and thrown and sinking into the deep abyss.  Thereupon a word fell into my mouth, and I began crying aloud, saying, “The earth is being destroyed.”

          2Pt 3.6: through which the world of that time was deluged with water and perished.

 51.     86.1:  Again I saw (a vision) with my own eyes as I was sleeping, and saw the lofty heaven; and as I looked, behold, a start fell down from heaven but managed to rise and eat and to be pastured among those cows.

          Rev 8.10: The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

 52.     91.7:  When sin, oppression, blasphemy, and injustice increase, crime, iniquity, and uncleanliness shall be comitted and increase likewise.  Then a great plague whall take place from heaven upon all these; the holy Lord shall emerge with wrath and plague in order that he may execute judgment upon the earth.

          Rom 1.18: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness suppress the truth.

 53.     91.15:  Then, after this matter, on the tenth week in the seventh part, there shall be the eternal judgment; and it shall be executed by the angels of the eternal heaven – the great judgment which emanates from all of the angels.

          2Pt 2.4: For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains  of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment

 54.     93.3:  He then began to recount from the books and said, I was born the seventh during the first week, during which time judgment and righteousness continued to endure.

          Jude 14: It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, See, the Lord is coming with ten thousands of his holy ones,

 55.     94.8:  Woe unto you, O rich people!  For you have put your trust in your wealth.  You shall ooze out of your riches, for you do not remember the Most High.

          Lk 6.24: But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

          Jas 5.1: Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you.

 56.     97.8-10:  Woe unto you who gain silver and gold by unjust means; you will then say, “We have grown rich and accumulated goods, we have acquired everything that we have desired.  So now let us do whatever we like; for we have gathered silver, we have dilled our treasuries with money like water.  And many are the laborers in our houses.  Your lies flow like water.  For your wealth shall not endure but it shall take off from you quickly, for you have acquired it all unjustly, and you shall be given over to a great curse.

          Lk 12.19: And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 

         Jas 4.13: Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”

 57.     98.4:  I have sworn to you, sinners:  In the same manner that a mountain has never turned into a servant, nor shall a hill ever become a maidservant of a woman, likewise, neither has seen been exported into the world.  It is the people who have themselves invented it.  And those who commit it shall come under a great curse.

          Jas 1.14: But one is tempted by one's own desire, being lured and enticed by it

 58.     99.8:  They shall become wicked on account of the folly of their hearts; their eyes will be blindfolded on account of the fear of their hearts, the visions of their dreams.

          Rom 1.21: for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were darkened.

 59.     102.5:  Be not sad because you sould have gone down into Sheol in sorrow; or because your flesh fared not well the earthly existence in accordance with your goodness; indeed the time you happened to be in existence was a time of sinners, a time of curse and a time of plague.

          Col 1.22: he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and  irreproachable before him

 60.     103.4:  The spirits of those who died in righteousness shall live and rejoice; their spirits shall not perish, nor their memorial from before the face of the Great One unto all the generations of the world.  Therefore, do not worry about their humiliation.

          Mt 26.13: Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.

 61.     104.13:  So to them shall be given the Scriptures; and they shall believe them and be glad in them; and all the righteous ones who learn from them the ways of truth shall rejoice.

          1Cor 4.17: For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.