“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.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 11:5
“By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him.” This man displayed greater faith than Abel. How (you ask)? Because, although be came after him, yet what befell [Abel] was sufficient to guide him back. How? God foreknew that [Abel] would be killed. For He said to Cain: “You have sinned: do not add thereto.” Honored by him, He did not protect him. And yet neither did this throw him [Enoch] into indifference. He…
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