5 Further, when she saw (the result of) her own will, he morphed into a lion-faced dragon form, (APJ) 6 and his eyes resembled lightning fires that flash. (APJ) 7 She thrust him away from her, outside those places, so that none of the immortal ones could see him, because she had created him in ignorance. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 9:5–7
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2 Esdras 13:26–28
26 this is he whom the Most High has been keeping for many ages, who by his own self will deliver his creation. He will direct those who are left behind. (WEB) 27 Whereas you saw that out of his mouth came wind, fire, and storm, (WEB) 28 and whereas he held neither spear, nor any w… (WEB)
Apocryphon of John 11:8–10
8 Because he shared his fire with them, he became their overlord. (APJ) 9 On account of the glorious power he possessed owing to his mother’s light, he named himself God, and he was disobedient to the place where he had originated. (APJ) 10 He further joined the seven powers insi… (APJ)
2 Baruch 53:8–10
8 with them, and where those waters descended, they wrought devastation and destruction. And after these things I saw how that lightning which I had seen on the summit of the cloud, seized (2BA) 9 hold of it and hurled it to the earth. Now that lightning shone exceeding… (2BA)
2 Esdras 13:9–11
9 Behold, as he saw the assault of the multitude that came, he didn’t lift up his hand, or hold a spear or any weapon of war; (WEB) 10 but I saw only how he sent out of his mouth something like a flood of fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue… (WEB) 11 … (WEB)
Job 41:17–19
17 They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated. 18 His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn. 19 Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
Apocryphon of John 10:1
1 He grasped and created for himself further aeons with a shining spark that exists (even) now, and he was astounded in his pride that is inside him, and he begot authorities for himself. (APJ)
Psalms 97:3–5
3 Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. 4 His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
Book of Enoch 106:4–6
4 And his father Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his father Methuselah. (ENO) 5 And he said unto him: ‘I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different and he is not like… (ENO)
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