DAY 288
CHALLENGE
“Jesus and the authors of the New Testament never quote from the deuterocanonical books, so they do not belong in the Bible.”
DEFENSE
The absence of a quotation does not prove that a book is noncanonical.
Jesus and the authors of the New Testament sometimes introduce quotations in a way that makes it clear they regarded the source as a book of Scripture. This is indicated when they use formulas like “scripture says” (John 19:37; Rom. 9:17, 10:11, 11:2) or “it is written” (Matt. 4:4; Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27, etc.).
When these formulas are not present, it is not always clea…
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