NT Allusions to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

 

3 Maccabees

 

 1.      2.3: For you, the creator of all things and the governor of all, are a just Ruler, and you judge those who have done anything in insolence and arrogance.

          Eph 3.9: and to make everyone see F15 what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in F16 God who created all things;

          Rev 4.11: "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."

 2.      [UBS4] 2.5: You consumed with fire and sulfur the people of Sodom who acted arrogantly, who were notorious for their vices;  and you made them an example to those who should come afterward.

          Rev 14.10: they will also drink the wine of God's wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

          Rev 20.10: And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

          Rev 21.8: But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.

 3.      2.13: see now, O holy King, that because of our many and great sins we are crushed with suffering, subjected to our enemies, and overtaken by helplessness.

          2Pt 2.7: and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the lawless

 4.      2.29: those who are registered are also to be branded on their bodies by fire with the ivy-leaf symbol of Dionysus, and they shall also be reduced to their former limited status."

          Gal 6.17: From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body.

 5.      4.16: The king was greatly and continually filled with joy, organizing feasts in honor of all his idols, with a mind alienated from truth and with a profane mouth, praising speechless things that are not able even to communicate or to come to one's help, and uttering improper words against the supreme God.

          Rom 1.28: And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done.

          1Cor 12.2: You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak.

 6.      4.17: But after the previously mentioned interval of time the scribes declared to the king that they were no longer able to take the census of the Jews because of their immense number

          Ac 5.7: After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

 7.      5.35: Then the Jews, on hearing what the king had said, praised the manifest Lord God, King of kings, since this also was his aid that they had received.

          1Tim 6.15: which he will bring about at the right time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

          Rev 17.14: they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

          [UBS4] Rev 19.16: On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

 8.      6.9: And now, you who hate insolence, all-merciful and protector of all, reveal yourself quickly to those of the nation of Israel--who are being outrageously treated by the abominable and lawless Gentiles.

          Tt 2.11: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all