angels were the watchers in the book of daniel.
angels were the watchers in the book of daniel.
who are the watchers in the book of daniel?
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the concept of fallen angels is mostly found in works dated to the second temple period between 530 bce and 70 ce: in the book of enoch, the book of jubilees and the qumran "book of giants"; and perhaps in genesis 6:1–4. a reference to heavenly beings called "watchers" originates in daniel 4, in which there are three mentions, twice in the singular (v. 13, 23), once in the plural (v. 17), of "watchers, holy ones". the ancient greek word for watchers is ("egrḗgoroi", plural of "egrḗgoros"), literally translated as "wakeful". some scholars consider it most likely that the jewish tradition of fallen angels predates, even in written form, the composition of gen 6:1–4. in the book of enoch, these watchers "fell" after they became "enamored" with human women. the second book of enoch ("slavonic enoch") refers to the same beings of the (first) book of enoch, now called "grigori" in the greek transcription. compared to the other books of enoch, fallen angels play a less significant role in 3 enoch. 3 enoch mentions only three fallen angels called azazel, azza and uzza. similar to the first book of enoch, they taught sorcery on earth, causing corruption. unlike the first book of enoch, there is no mention of the reason for their fall and, according to 3 enoch 4.6, they also later appear in heaven objecting to the presence of enoch.
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after the events in "judgment day", the watchers abandon all pretense of not interfering in the game. believing that macleod is responsible for the slaughter of the watchers, jack shapiro, their head, orders his death and, at the beginning of "one minute to midnight", duncan is trying to survive their manhunt. believing the only way to avoid a war between the watchers and the immortals is to convince shapiro of his innocence, macleod goes to their battle headquarters, only to find that the immortal who is the real killer has beaten him to the punch. the bitter irony of the situation is revealed – jacob galati is hunting the watchers after horton killed his immortal wife, irena, during his rampage across europe in 1992 that ended when he killed darius in paris, ("the hunters"). jacob refuses to believe that the watchers are not evil, but agrees to meet joe, who has been nursed back to health by methos. joe won't meet jacob though and helps the watchers to capture him. duncan is forced to stand by whilst the watchers murder jacob and is devastated to receive his friend's quickening. methos rejects joe and the watchers for what they have become, but macleod returns to confront shapiro, to put an end to the killing. when shapiro refuses, joe belatedly realizes that his friend has become another horton and helps duncan to secure peace with the watchers. wanting nothing to do with paris, duncan returns to seacouver. there, he finds the immortal cassandra waiting for him. she is being hunted by roland kantos, one of her students, and she tells duncan of a "prophecy" that he will defeat great evil. kantos relies on the hypnotic power of his voice to defeat his opponents, but duncan, after nearly losing his head to kantos' tricks, defeats the mesmerist by plugging his ears. joe comes to the dojo and gets the cold shoulder from duncan, but before he leaves, he tells macleod that richie is in town, ("the end of innocence"). duncan tries to make his peace with richie, but the young immortal is still plagued by nightmares after duncan almost killed him in "something wicked" and warns duncan to stay away from him. when richie challenges and kills carter wellan, his mentor haresh clay comes for richie, breaking his sword. richie is arrested trying to steal another one from a museum and is bailed out by duncan, who warns him that clay is as good as they come and gives him a sword. the two immortals work out their differences and, now acting as equals, it is duncan who asks richie to stand aside as he avenges his humiliation at clay's hands when they first met and takes his head. in "archangel" duncan accidentally kills richie thinking he is a demon he is destined to face.
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