New Testament Allusions to the Book of Enoch

P. Chester Beatty XII, leaf 3, verso Connected?

I found some similarities between some passages in the Book of Enoch and New Testament Scriptures.  I don't know if any connection is justified (I haven't hand time to look closely at them yet) regarding the passages below but I do believe that the New Testament writers were countering false teachers who were misinterpreting, not only Old Testament Scriptures but non-canonical books as well - such as the Book of Enoch.

Enoch 95:7
Woe to you, sinners, for ye persecute the righteous; For ye shall be delivered up and persecuted because of injustice, And heavy shall its yoke be upon you.

Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Enoch 93:13
And who is there of all men that could know what is the breadth and the length of the earth, and to whom has been shown the measure of all of them?

Ephesians 3:18
may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
Enoch 101:4
And see ye not the sailors of the ships, how their ships are tossed to and fro by the waves, and are shaken by the winds, and are in sore trouble?

Ephesians 4:14
so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Enoch 108:7
For some of them are written and inscribed above in the heaven, in order that the angels may read them and know that which shall befall the sinners, and the spirits of the humble, and of those who have afflicted their bodies, and been recompensed by God; and of those who have been put to shame by wicked men:

1 Peter 1:12
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
Enoch 108:11-12
And now I will summon the spirits of the good who belong to the generation of light, and I will transform those who were born in darkness, who in the flesh were not recompensed with such honour as their faithfulness deserved. And I will bring forth in shining light those who have loved My holy name, and I will seat each on the throne of his honour.

1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
There are more but I will post them at a later date.

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