Unless otherwise indicated, the allusions are given in NA27.
* indicates my own additions
[UBS4] indicates the equated passages are taken from the UBS GNT4 listing
Sources:
Aland, Barbara, et al., eds. The Greek New Testament. 4th ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche
1. 1.5: in accordance with the directions of King David of Israel and the
magnificence of his son Solomon. Stand in order in the temple according to the
groupings of the ancestral houses of you Levites, who minister before your
kindred the people of Israel,
2. [UBS4] 1.32: In all Judea they mourned for Josiah. The prophet Jeremiah
lamented for Josiah, and the principal men, with the women, have made
lamentation for him to this day; it was ordained that this should always be done
throughout the whole nation of Israel.
these is love.
4 EZRA
1. 3.21-26: For the first Adam, burdened with an evil heart, transgressed and was
became permanent; the law was in the hearts of the people along with its evil
root; but what was good departed, and the evil remained. So the time passed
and the years were completed, and you raised up for yourself a servant, named
David. You commanded him to build a city for your name, and there to offer you
oblations from what is yours. This was done for many years; but the inhabitants
of the city transgressed, in everything doing just as Adam and all his
descendants had done, for they also had the evil heart.
3. 4.35-37: Did not the souls of the righteous in their chambers ask about these
matters, saying, \u2018How long are we to remain here? And when will the harvest of
our reward come?\u2019 And the archangel Jeremiel answered and said, \u2018When the
number of those like yourselves is completed; for he has weighted the age in the
balance, and measured the times by measure, and numbered the times by
number; and he will not more or arouse them until that measure is fulfilled.\u2019
Rom 11.25: So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and
sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part
of Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
*Rev 6.9-11: When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of
those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they
had given; they cried out with a loud voice, \u201cSovereign Lord, holy and true, how
long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the
earth?\u201d They were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the
number would be complete both of their fellow servants and of their brothers and
sisters, who were soon to be killed as they themselves had been killed.
5. 7.6-14: Another example: There is a city built and set on a plain, and it is full of
all good things; but the entrance to it is narrow and set in a precipitous place, so
that there is fire on the right hand and deep water on the left. There is only one
path lying between them, that is, between the fire and the water, so that only one
person can walk on the path. If now the city is given to someone as an
inheritance, how will the heir receive the inheritance unless by passing through
the appointed danger?"
I said, "That is right, lord." He said to me, "So also is Israel's portion. For I made
the world for their sake, and when Adam transgressed my statutes, what had
been made was judged. And so the entrances of this world were made narrow
and sorrowful and toilsome; they are few and evil, full of dangers and involved in
great hardships. But the entrances of the greater world are broad and safe, and
yield the fruit of immortality. Therefore unless the living pass through the difficult
and futile experiences, they can never receive those things that have been
reserved for them.
Mt 7.13 (*-14): Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is
easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is
narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
7. 7.14: Therefore unless the living pass through the difficult and futile
experiences, they can never receive those things that have been reserved for
them.
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.
9. 7.72: For this reason, therefore, those who live on earth shall be tormented, because though they had understanding, they committed iniquity; and though they received the commandments, they did not keep them; and though they obtained the law, they dealt unfaithfully with what they received.
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