2 Esdras 2:42-44

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Ezra Sees the Son of God

⁴² I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a great multitude that I could not number, and they all were praising the Lord with songs.^{(A) 43} In their midst was a young man of great stature, taller than any of the others, and on the head of each of them he placed a crown, but he was more exalted than they. And I was held spellbound.^{(B) 44} Then I asked an angel, “Who are these, my lord?”^(C)