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Allusions to 2Esdras in the New Testament.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n

By<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n

Stephen W. Kraner<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n

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Allusions to 2Esdras in the New Testament.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n

By<\/P><\/p>\n

Stephen W. Kraner<\/P><\/p>\n


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Disclaimer:<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/p>\n

This study regarding the usage or references of 2nd<\/SUP> Esdras in the New Testament is
\nnot<\/STRONG> to be taken as support for other books called “Apocrypha.” This study is not to be
\nconstrued either as “for” or “against” other books commonly included in the
\n“apocrypha.”<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE><\/p>\n

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Introduction<\/U>.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n

The objective of this paper is to show the high degree of references (allusions) to the apocryphal book, “2Esdras,” found in the New Testament. The ancient
\nbook known as “2Esdras” is found in the collection of books that have been passed down to us from the Septuagint (LXX). This collection of books is called,
\n“The Apocrypha.”<\/P><\/p>\n

The Seventh-day Adventist prophetess, Ellen White, makes the following statement:<\/P><\/p>\n


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“I then saw the Word of God, pure and unadulterated, and that we must
\nanswer for the way we received the truth proclaimed from that Word. I saw
\nthat it had been a hammer to break the flinty heart in pieces, and a fire to
\nconsume the dross and tin, that the heart might be pure and holy. I saw
\nthat the APOCRYPHA was the hidden book, and that the wise of these
\nlast days should understand it.<\/STRONG> I saw that the Bible was the standard
\nBook, that will judge us at the last day.” Ellen G. White, Manuscript
\nReleases Volume Sixteen, page 34, A Vision Received in Oswego, New
\nYork, January 26, 1850, –Ms 4, 1850.<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE><\/p>\n

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In the following parallels, it is important to remember that 2Esdras was included in the Septuagint (LXX), the Hebrew Old Testament, which was translated
\nabout 250 years prior to the birth of Christ. Internally, 2Esdras claims to have been written 400 years prior to the birth of “Jesus.” This is so because 2Esdras
\ncontains a prophecy specifically naming our Savior and that He would die:<\/P><\/p>\n


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“27 For My Son Jesus<\/STRONG> shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.<\/FONT><\/DD>
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28 After these years shall My son Christ die<\/STRONG>…” 2Esdras 7:27, 28.<\/FONT><\/DD><\/p>\n

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Only two other persons in Scripture were named more than a hundred years before they were born, Josiah and Cyrus. See 1Kings 13:2 and Isaiah 44:28; 45:1. In
\nthe words above from 2Esdras, the Savior, as Messiah is specifically named, Yahushua [Jesus], four hundred years before His birth! [The Septuagint, within
\nwhich is contained the book of 2Esdras, was translated three hundred years before the birth of Yahushua. And, as noted above, among the Dead Sea scrolls,
\nfragments of 2Esdras, written in Hebrew, dating from the third century B.C. have been found. <\/P><\/p>\n

Point: This prophecy pre-existed the birth of Yahushua of Nazareth.<\/STRONG>] <\/P><\/p>\n

Besides prophesying the Messiah’s name would be Yahushua (KJV: Jesus), 2Esdras 7:28, 29 is a prophecy that the Messiah would be “the Son of G-d,” “My
\nSon.” And, it was prophesied that “My Son Messiah shall die.” The point is that “2Esdras” existed prior to the birth of Yahushua (Jesus) and prior to the
\nwritings of the New Testament.<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n

The New Testament allusions to 2Esdras are:<\/P><\/p>\n