Date of composition

• 50 BC to AD 50

Type of book

• Apocrypha

Length

• Unknown; all we have are six fragments that, together, make about one double-spaced half-page.

Summary

• Josephus (The Antiquities of the Jews, 10.79) mentions this: "Ezekiel . . . left behind him in writing two books of notes concerning these events." We do have quotes from various sources from Ezekiel that do not appear in the book of Ezekiel. Some scholars believe these could come from the Apocryphon of Ezekiel. The fragments of his writings found in the writings of others are these:
• Fragment 1:
  The lame and blind men in the garden
  "A certain king of this world had a beautiful fig garden. In this garden, he had growing some beautiful and ripe figs. In his kingdom were living two men whom he had neglected. They were a blind man and a lame man. One night, the lame man conspired with the blind man to steal into the garden and help themselves to some of these figs. Leading the blind man to him with a rope, the lame man climbed upon his back and acted as the eyes for the blind man. In this way, the two men managed to get into the garden and eat the growing figs. When the king discovered his figs were missing, he went to the blind man and asked him how such a thing could happen. The blind man responded by saying, ‘How could I have done this, I who cannot see?' Then the king went to the lame man and asked him the same question. The lame man responded by saying; "How could I have done this, I who cannot walk?" The king then put the lame man on the blind man's back and demonstrated how the two had worked together to accomplish their goal, and they were unable to deny it. It is in this way that the body is connected to the soul, and the two will be judged by what both have done and endure no separate judgment."
• Fragment 2
  "Repent, house of Israel, from your lawless ways. I say to you, my people, "Even if the list of your sins stretches from heaven to earth, and if they are as black as they can be, and you turn to me, and with all of your heart say, 'Father,' I will forgive you, and look on you as holy."
• Fragment 3
  "Look at the cow, she has calved, and yet she is pregnant."
• Fragment 4
  "In this manner, our Lord Jesus Christ also said, 'It is what I have seen you doing that I will judge you for.'"
• Fragment 5
  "Therefore, he told Ezekiel ... 'I will cure the lame, and heal the ill, those who have wandered away, I will return to the fold, and I will feed them upon my holy mountain ... and I will be their shepherd, and I will be as close to the as a second skin.'"
• Fragment 6
  "Likewise again, He narrates concerning the cross in another prophet, who says: 'And when will these things be consummated? The Lord says: When the tree shall lean over and stand up, and when blood shall flow from the tree.' You have again a note concerning the cross and the who was to be crucified."