Irenaeus Against Heresies book 3 ch.16.4 p.442 (182-188 A.D.) says that [God] "removed those children belonging to the house of David, whose happy lot it was to have been born at that time, that He might send them on before into His kingdom"
Irenaeus Against Heresies kitabu cha 3 sura ya 16.4, uk.442 (mwaka 182-188 BK) anasema kuwa [Mungu] "aliwaondoa watoto wa nyumba ya Daudi, ambao bahati yao njema ilikuwa kumezaliwa wakati ule, aweze kuwatuma kabla kwenye ufakme wake"