Baruch
Jeremiah’s secretary
Who was Baruch?
- Son of Neriah. He was the secretary of the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah 36:4, 32
- He wrote on a scroll what Jeremiah dictated to him, and read it aloud in the Temple. Jeremiah 36:4, 8-10
- The Book of Baruch, which is part of the Catholic Bible, bears his name. Baruch 1:1; Catechism 120
What the Bible says
Jeremiah 36:4, 32
4So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he spoke to him, upon the roll of a book. 32And Jeremias took another volume, and gave it to Baruch the son of Nerias the scribe: who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim the king of Juda had burnt with fire: and there were added besides many more words than had been before.
Jeremiah 36:4, 8-10
4So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he spoke to him, upon the roll of a book. 8And Baruch the son of Nerias did according to all that Jeremias the prophet had commanded him, reading out of the volume the words of the Lord in the house of the Lord. 9And it came to pass in the fifth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that were come together out of the cities of Juda to Jerusalem. 10And Baruch read out of the volume the words of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the treasury of Gamarias the son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court, in the entry of the new gate of the house of the Lord, in the hearing of all the people.
Baruch 1:1; Catechism 120
And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the son of Helcias, wrote in Babylonia.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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