Quotes from 2 Esdras

10 notable lines from Unknown · c. 100

There be many created, but few shall be saved.

2 Esdras 8:3 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be performed which thou shalt begin to write.

    2 Esdras 14:25 (KJV) — the divine voice to Esdras before the restoration of the scriptures

  2. The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few.

    2 Esdras 8:1 (KJV) — the angel Uriel to Esdras

  3. O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.

    2 Esdras 7:48 (KJV) — Esdras lamenting the Fall

  4. For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax old.

    2 Esdras 14:10 (KJV) — the voice to Esdras

  5. The more thou searchest, the more thou shalt marvel; for the world hasteth fast to pass away,

    2 Esdras 4:26 (KJV) — the angel to Esdras

  6. How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest?

    2 Esdras 4:11 (KJV) — the angel rebuking Esdras's questions

  7. look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.

    2 Esdras 2:34 (KJV) — to the heathen who hear and understand

  8. Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: they are but few and evil, full of perils, and very painful.

    2 Esdras 7:12 (KJV) — on the narrowing of the world after the Fall

  9. Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore.

    2 Esdras 2:35 (KJV)