New Testament Passages that Quote the Deuterocanonicals

[dmar198]

Hope this helps. You might save it as a resource, if you think you could use it in your apologetics.

[table=“head”]New Testament Text | Source in Deuterocanon | Comments
James 1:19 - “Be quick to hear, slow to speak.” | Sirach 5:11 - “Be quick to hear, deliberate in answering.” |
Romans 12:15 - “Mourn with those who mourn.” | Sirach 7:34 - “Mourn with those who mourn.” |
1 Cor. 10:9-10 - “Some of them tempted, and perished by serpents. … Some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.” | Judith 8:25 - “[For] murmuring against the Lord, [they] were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents.” | Textual variances obscure this. The modern texts of Judith 8 are widely different from the ancient texts and do not include the part about perishing by serpents and being destroyed by the destroyer. See the Douay-Rheims Bible for the version of Judith 8 that appears here. In 1 Cor. 10:11 Paul says that these verses were written for our sake. That means they were written by inspiration of God.
Hebrews 1:3 - “[Jesus] is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person…” | Wisdom 7:26 - “[Wisdom] is the brightness of the everlasting light…and the image of his goodness.” | The Greek word for “brightness” (apaugasma) isn’t found anywhere else in the Old Testament. It is only in these two passages, strengthening the fact that Wisdom was the source of the writer’s thought. In Heb. 1:1 the writer says this is what God had spoken through the prophets. That indicates that he was intentionally drawing this language from the Old Testament, and specified that it came from God.
2 Tim. 2:19 - “But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Let him turn away from unrighteousness’ – everyone who names the name of the Lord.” | Sirach 17:26 - “Return to the most High, and turn away from unrighteousness.” | Modern translations usually combine the last two phrases of 2 Tim. 2:19. The Greek text places the quotation from Sirach before the words “everyone who names the name of the Lord,” which is not a part of the quotation. The quotation “The Lord knows those who are his” is from Numbers 16:5 in the Greek translation of that time, which was called the Septuagint.[/table]

 

[capablanca911]

I think the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament notates the deuterocanonical references. If that’s what every Prot learns in seminary, why do they keep arguing with us?

 

[rissa87]

Ooooh… That is very interesting! Thanks for sharing it!

 

[Bruce_Killian]

Being Quoted in the NT does not make the work cited Scripture. While I do hold that the Deutero Canonicaly works are Scripture, the end of the United Bible Societies Greek NT lists maybe a hundred citataions from the deutero cononical books, but they also cite other works like the Assension of Isaiah, the Assumption of Moses, Enoch, 3Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Aratus, Epimenides and Ps-Epimenides. So the argument would go just because it is cited in the NT doesn’t mean that it is Scripture.
Grace and peace,
Bruce

 

[Robyn_p]

Being Quoted in the NT does not make the work cited Scripture. While I do hold that the Deutero Canonicaly works are Scripture, the end of the United Bible Societies Greek NT lists maybe a hundred citataions from the deutero cononical books, but they also cite other works like the Assension of Isaiah, the Assumption of Moses, Enoch, 3Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Aratus, Epimenides and Ps-Epimenides. So the argument would go just because it is cited in the NT doesn’t mean that it is Scripture.
Grace and peace,
Bruce

That’s true, what it really comes down to is authority, who gets to decide which books are in the Bible???

That’s why we need the Catholic Church baby!

 

[rissa87]

that’s true, what it really comes down to is authority, who gets to decide which books are in the bible???

That’s why we need the catholic church baby! :d

yeah!!!

 

[dmar198]

Being Quoted in the NT does not make the work cited Scripture. While I do hold that the Deutero Canonicaly works are Scripture, the end of the United Bible Societies Greek NT lists maybe a hundred citataions from the deutero cononical books, but they also cite other works like the Assension of Isaiah, the Assumption of Moses, Enoch, 3Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Aratus, Epimenides and Ps-Epimenides. So the argument would go just because it is cited in the NT doesn’t mean that it is Scripture.
Grace and peace,
Bruce

I appreciate what you’re saying here. And yes, there are other works that the New Testament borrows from. However, on this page I think there’s a difference: in some of the passages where the Deuteros are quoted, the context makes it clear that the author believed them to be the Word of God. 2 Tim. 2:19 says that the quotation from Sirach comes from God and is His seal as on a sure foundation. 1 Cor. 10:9-10 has a quote from Judith and immediately follows with “These things were written as a warning for us, upon whom the ends of the world have come.” 1 Cor. 10:11. That indicates that he understood them as being written by inspiration. Similarly, the language shared between Wisdom and Hebrews comes close after verses 1-2 said that God spoke in this way to His prophets. So I do think that there’s more to this than something Protestant apologists can brush away as just being loose parallels. The Apostles understood them as coming from God’s Word. And that’s got to be part of the discussion if we want to make some headway using the New Testament as evidence.

 

[jcrichton]

Hope this helps. You might save it as a resource, if you think you could use it in your apologetics.

[table=“head”]New Testament Text | Source in Deuterocanon | Comments
James 1:19 - “Be quick to hear, slow to speak.” | Sirach 5:11 - “Be quick to hear, deliberate in answering.” |
Romans 12:15 - “Mourn with those who mourn.” | Sirach 7:34 - “Mourn with those who mourn.” |
1 Cor. 10:9-10 - “Some of them tempted, and perished by serpents. … Some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.” | Judith 8:25 - “[For] murmuring against the Lord, [they] were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents.” | Textual variances obscure this. The modern texts of Judith 8 are widely different from the ancient texts and do not include the part about perishing by serpents and being destroyed by the destroyer. See the Douay-Rheims Bible for the version of Judith 8 that appears here. In 1 Cor. 10:11 Paul says that these verses were written for our sake. That means they were written by inspiration of God.
Hebrews 1:3 - “[Jesus] is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person…” | Wisdom 7:26 - “[Wisdom] is the brightness of the everlasting light…and the image of his goodness.” | The Greek word for “brightness” (apaugasma) isn’t found anywhere else in the Old Testament. It is only in these two passages, strengthening the fact that Wisdom was the source of the writer’s thought. In Heb. 1:1 the writer says this is what God had spoken through the prophets. That indicates that he was intentionally drawing this language from the Old Testament, and specified that it came from God.
2 Tim. 2:19 - “But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Let him turn away from unrighteousness’ – everyone who names the name of the Lord.” | Sirach 17:26 - “Return to the most High, and turn away from unrighteousness.” | Modern translations usually combine the last two phrases of 2 Tim. 2:19. The Greek text places the quotation from Sirach before the words “everyone who names the name of the Lord,” which is not a part of the quotation. The quotation “The Lord knows those who are his” is from Numbers 16:5 in the Greek translation of that time, which was called the Septuagint.[/table]

…what I find most telling is this particular verse:

Although she is alone, she can do everything; herself unchanging, she renews the world, and, generation after generation, passing into holy souls, she makes them into God’s friends and prophets; (Wisdom 7:27)

…which is mirrored by St. Peter’s assertion:

20 At the same time, we must recognise that the interpretation of scriptural prophecy is never a matter for the individual. 21 For no prophecy ever came from human initiative. When people spoke for God it was the Holy Spirit that moved them. (2 St. Peter 1:20-21)

Maran atha!

Angel

 

[porthos11]

They may be parallels but they are not quotes. Strictly speaking, a quote is always referenced, so for a passage to be a quote, it must also be accompanied with a clause that states, to this effect: “As Scripture says” or “it is written” etc. A good Protestant debater will pick up on this and throw it right back at you, and he would be correct.

It must also be noted that St. Paul quoted pagan writers in his own apologetics, but that did not make Epimenides’ writings scripture. In much the same way, just because the New Testament quotes the Old does not make the Old Testament Scripture (after all, many protocanonical Old Testament books are not quoted by the New Testament, including Obadiah, Nahum and Esther). All in all the “quotation test” is not a good criterion for arguing for or against canonicity.

 

[dmar198]

They may be parallels but they are not quotes. Strictly speaking, a quote is always referenced, so for a passage to be a quote, it must also be accompanied with a clause that states, to this effect: “As Scripture says” or “it is written” etc. A good Protestant debater will pick up on this and throw it right back at you, and he would be correct.

Did you read the last one from 2 Tim. 2:19? The quote from Sirach was introduced with the words “God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal:” and then it quotes Numbers and Sirach. Several of the other ones have accompanying statements that indicate the author was intentionally borrowing his language from the Old Testament.

It must also be noted that St. Paul quoted pagan writers in his own apologetics, but that did not make Epimenides’ writings scripture.

In those places he didn’t indicate that the things quoted were Scripture, but in several of the examples I gave above, the authors did exactly that. They borrowed language from the Deuteros and then gave notice that this is what the Scriptures say. See the “comments” column of the table above for examples.

In much the same way, just because the New Testament quotes the Old does not make the Old Testament Scripture (after all, many protocanonical Old Testament books are not quoted by the New Testament, including Obadiah, Nahum and Esther). All in all the “quotation test” is not a good criterion for arguing for or against canonicity.

It is helpful when you are arguing for canonicity, because it indicates that the Apostles (or whoever) is familiar with these books and used them in a way similar to the way they used the rest of the Old Testament. One should not expect every Old Testament book to be quoted, and they aren’t, but when one is, that can be used as evidence that it was in their copy of the Scriptures (or whatever it was they were using, codices or papyri or whatever).

 

[jcrichton]

They may be parallels but they are not quotes. Strictly speaking, a quote is always referenced, so for a passage to be a quote, it must also be accompanied with a clause that states, to this effect: “As Scripture says” or “it is written” etc. A good Protestant debater will pick up on this and throw it right back at you, and he would be correct.

It must also be noted that St. Paul quoted pagan writers in his own apologetics, but that did not make Epimenides’ writings scripture. In much the same way, just because the New Testament quotes the Old does not make the Old Testament Scripture (after all, many protocanonical Old Testament books are not quoted by the New Testament, including Obadiah, Nahum and Esther). All in all the “quotation test” is not a good criterion for arguing for or against canonicity.

I understand your explanation… but one must be almost blind not to see a direct relationship between St. Peter’s rendering of the Holy Spirit’s involvement in the life of the Believer and the Revelation of the Word of God and the statement in the book of Wisdom, several hundreds of years removed, making the very exact claim!

Merry Christmas!

Maran atha!

Angel