Enoch’s Prophecy that Wasn’t in the Bible

In Jude 14-16, he quotes from a prophecy of Enoch:

It says

14 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

What’s weird about this prophecy is: it’s not found anywhere in the Old Testament. 

Enoch is. It specifically says which Enoch. There’s an Enoch in Genesis 4 and an Enoch in Genesis 5. This is the Genesis 5 Enoch; the one everybody knows about. It specifically says who he is. It quotes a prophecy that he gave. But this prophecy is recorded nowhere in the OT. 

So where did this prophecy come from? I mean, it’s a true prophecy. If it wasn’t true, it wouldn’t be quoted here in Scripture. So it’s a real prophecy; but where was it recorded? It was recorded in an ancient document called The Book of Enoch. And the Book of Enoch is not a book in your Bible. And yet, the Bible quotes from it and says it’s true. Jude quotes from a prophecy that is NOT in the Bible.

I find all this to be weird, and I’d like to find out why it’s in the Bible. Or in this case, why it’s NOT in the Bible.

So turn to the book of Jude and let’s get weird.

0:00 - Introduction

2:00 - What is Canon?

8:20 - Pseudepigrapha. Apocrypha.

16:00 - The New Testament Authors Quote Enoch

20:35 - Mailbag & Closing

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