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Jude's explicit citation of 1 Enoch 1:9 — 'Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints' — is the New Testament's only direct quotation of a non-canonical apocalyptic text as 'prophecy.' This does not necessarily imply canonical status for 1 Enoch; Paul similarly cited Greek poets (Acts 17:28; Titus 1:12) without endorsing their entire corpus, and the argument may operate ad hominem — applying a tradition the opponents valued. The identification of Enoch as 'the seventh from Adam' (also found in 1 Enoch 60:8) emphasises his antiquity and pre-diluvian authority, making his prophecy of eschatological judgment older than Moses. The verse raises enduring questions about the relationship between canonical and non-canonical inspiration in the formation of Scripture.