2 Esdras 2:45-47

Common English Bible

⁴⁵ The angel answered me, “These are the ones who took off the mortal garment and put on the immortal and confessed the name of God. Now they are being crowned, and they are receiving palms.”

⁴⁶ I said to the angel, “Who is that young man who gives them crowns and palms?”

⁴⁷ The angel answered, “That is God’s Son, whom they confessed in the mortal world.”

I began to praise and celebrate the Lord.