NT Allusions to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

 

BARUCH

 

 1.      1.11: and pray for the life of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and for the life of his son Belshazzar, so that their days on earth may be like the days of heaven.

          1Tim 2.2: for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.

 2.      3.29: Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?

          Jn 3.13: No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

          Rom 10.6: But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)

 3.      4.1: She is the book of the commandments of God, the law that endures forever.  All who hold her fast will live, and those who forsake her will die.

          Mt 5.18: For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, F32 not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

 4.      4.7: For you provoked the one who made you by sacrificing to demons and not to God.

          1Cor 10.20: No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.

 5.      4.35: For fire will come upon her from the Everlasting for many days, and for a long time she will be inhabited by demons.

          Rev 18.2: He called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul bird, a haunt of every foul and hateful beast.

 6.      4.37: Look, your children are coming, whom you sent away; they are coming, gathered from east and west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.

          Mt 8.11: I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

          Lk 13.29: There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out.