Hebrews 11:5 (WEB)
By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
Fathers and councils · 5
Tertullian
“Enoch no doubt was translated, and so was Elijah; nor did they experience death: it was postponed, (and only postponed,) most certainly: they are reserved for the suffering of death, that by their blood they may extinguish Antichrist.” — editor's note: Gen. v. 24; Heb. xi. 5.
Read the whole comment“For Enoch, too, most righteous man, uncircumcised and inobservant of the Sabbath, He translated from this world; who did not first taste death, in order that, being a candidate for eternal life, he might by this time show us that we also may, without the burden of the law of Moses, please God.” — editor's note: See Gen. v. 22, 24; Heb. xi. 5.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Remember that Enoch was translated; but Jesus ascended: remember what was said yesterday concerning Elias, that Elias was taken up in a chariot of fire; but that the chariots of Christ are ten…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 5.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X III.7Conference III
“And the Apostle also says: “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death,” the death namely of which the Lord says in the gospel: “He that liveth and believeth in me shall not die eternally.”” — editor's note: Gen. v. 24 (LXX.); Heb. xi. 5; S. John xi. 26.
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John Chrysostom
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.
Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 50.