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Does any one read extra biblical stuff?

Mantis

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So I love Jesus and there is like less than ten percent of his red words in the bible. I like to read anything about him from any source. When I read things about him I get filled with joy. Even if it’s not in the bible. I am reading the book on Enoch at the moment and there is a good part about Jesus in there. I also have some gospels of the other disciples that I have t read yet. I even have a Quran/Koran (sp?) because I have heard that he is in there.
 
While there is some value, it is important to follow what happens as history moves on past the Res. Jesus teaches his guys for 40 days--that's prob 300 hours. Where did this go?

The most direct answer is that since it was about how Moses and the prophets were about his suffering and mission, we would look at the first/earliest quotes of Acts, quotes of the OT. You should make your own study sheet, with columns for ex:

Acts location / OT quote / # times / meaning /

You will need a version that marks OT quotes, footnotes them. NIV, NET, NASB. The reason for the # times is that Ps 2, 16, 110, 118 are multiple.

This is the most direct proof of what Jesus himself taught that mattered after his life or ministry is over. Because after that, it is more of a historic message than a matter of 'cloning' others to be identical.

Not surprisingly, a list of Paul will be very similar (from Romans, Galatians where there is the most quotation), then Hebrews.

Btw, Islam has a fundamental doctrine that 'righteousness' cannot be credited to another person; no third party transaction. This fundamentally violates the Gospel.
 
In other actual references, there are Roman historians (Pliny, Tacitus) and then a Jewish priest captain who deserted has a short reference as well, bc he wrote 2 histories for Rome. But they are not trying to be quotes or even summaries of what he taught/did.
 
The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson.
It was a pretty cute little book that had the merit of being short, easy to read, and interesting.
(... but that was probably not what you had in mind)

I once read "The Book of Tobit" (an apocryphal book) as part of a discussion on why it didn't belong in the Bible. I did not like it and am grateful to the Reformers for fighting to preserve the 66 against the dross that wanted to worm its way in.
 
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