Second Coming 1945 - Dead Sea Scrolls Cave 4 Interior

Column 2 of 4Q521, the Messianic Apocalypse, dating from the first century BCE:

[...For the hea]vens and the earth shall listen to His Messiah [and all w]hich is in them shall not turn away from the commandments of the holy ones. Strengthen yourselves, O you who seek the Lord, in His service... The Lord shall do glorious things that have not been done, just as he said. For He shall heal the critically wounded, He shall raise the dead, He shall bring good news to the poor, He shall [...], He shall lead the [hol]y ones, and the hungry He shall enrich(?)
- Translation by Wise, Abegg, and Cook, with minor adaptation

- Cf.Matt 11:2-5

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Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples

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and said to him, "Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

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And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:

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the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them." (RSV)

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2	Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples
3	and said to him, "Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?"
4	And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:
5	the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them." (RSV)