“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had taken him up; for it is attested before his being taken up that he had pleased God — Enoch's translation (metathesis, Genesis 5:24) without death represents faith's eschatological reward. Pleased God (euaresto) echoes the principle that faith pleases the divine. His disappearance (not found) becomes an enacted parable of resurrection.
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