2 Esdras 13:20

20 Yet it is better to come into these things, though incurring peril, than to pass from the world like a cloud, and not to see what will happen in the last days." He answered me and said,

2 Esdras 13:20 In-Context

18 because they understand the things that are reserved for the last days, but cannot attain them.
19 But alas for those also who are left, and for that very reason! For they shall see great dangers and much distress, as these dreams show.
20 Yet it is better to come into these things, though incurring peril, than to pass from the world like a cloud, and not to see what will happen in the last days." He answered me and said,
21 "I will tell you the interpretation of the vision, and I will also explain to you the things that you have mentioned.
22 As for what you said about those who survive, and concerning those who do not survive, this is the interpretation:

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Ethiop Compare Arab 2: Lat [easier]
  • [b]. Syr: Lat [this]
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