#305 Referring to the Deuterocanonicals - Jimmy Akin
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DAY 305 CHALLENGE “If Jesus and the New Testament authors thought the deuterocanonical books were part of the canon, why doesn’t the Bible refer to them?” DEFENSE They do refer to them. The New Testament contains multiple allusions to the Deuterocanonicals. It does not contain clear quotations from them—or from many protocanonical books of the Old Testament (see Day 288)—but it does contain clear allusions. One of Jesus’ most famous teachings is that God’s willingness to forgive us is linked to our willingness to forgive others. This is expressed, for example, in the Lord’s Prayer: “A...
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