New Testament References
Nestle's Greek New Testament lists some 132 New Testament passages that appear to be verbal allusions to paracanonical books.
Pagan authors quoted or alluded to:
- Menander, Thais 218 (1 Cor. 15:33)
- Epimenides (and later Aratus, Phaenomena 5), (Acts 17:28). Paul introduced another quotation from Epimenides (de Oraculis) by calling him a prophet of the Cretans (Titus 1:12-13). see Epimenides paradox.
- Euripides,The Bacchae (Acts 12; 26:14)
Non canonical books quoted or alluded to:
- Book of Enoch (Jude 4,6,13,14-15, 2 Peter 2:4;3:13)
- Life of Adam and Eve (2 Corinthians 11:14 "Satan as an angel of light", 12:2 "Third Heaven")
- a lost section of the Assumption of Moses (Jude 9 "Michael.. body of Moses")
- Martyrdom of Isaiah (Hebrews 11:37 "they were sawn in two")
Read more about this topic: Non-canonical Books Referenced In The Bible
Famous quotes containing the word testament:
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
—Bible: New Testament James, 1:27.