NT Allusions to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

 

JUDITH

 

 1.      4.9: And every man of Israel cried out to God with great fervor, and they humbled themselves with much fasting.

          Ac 12.5: While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him.

 2.      8.6: She fasted all the days of her widowhood, except the day before the sabbath and the sabbath itself, the day before the new moon and the day of the new moon, and the festivals and days of rejoicing of the house of Israel.

          Lk 2.37: then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.

 3.      8.26: Remember what he did with Abraham, and how he tested Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Syrian Mesopotamia, while he was tending the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.

          Ac 15.4:  When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

 4.      8.35: Uzziah and the rulers said to her, "Go in peace, and may the Lord God go before you, to take vengeance on our enemies."

          Mk 5.34: While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader's house to say, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?"

 5.      9.12: Please, please, God of my father, God of the heritage of Israel, Lord of heaven and earth, Creator of the waters, King of all your creation, hear my prayer!

          Ac 4.24: When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and everything in them,

 6.      10.13: I am on my way to see Holofernes the commander of your army, to give him a true report; I will show him a way by which he can go and capture all the hill country without losing one of his men, captured or slain.

          Ac 26.25: But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth.

 7.      11.19: Then I will lead you through Judea, until you come to Jerusalem; there I will set your throne.  You will drive them like sheep that have no shepherd, and no dog will so much as growl at you. For this was told me to give me foreknowledge; it was announced to me, and I was sent to tell you.

          Mt 9.36: When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

          [UBS4] Mk 6.34: As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

 8.      12.8: After bathing, she prayed the Lord God of Israel to direct her way for the triumph of his people.

          1Th 3.11: Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

 9.      13.18: Then Uzziah said to her, "O daughter, you are blessed by the Most High God above all other women on earth; and blessed be the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who has guided you to cut off the head of the leader of our enemies.

          Lk 1.42: and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

 10.     14.16-(?): He cried out with a loud voice and wept and groaned and shouted, and tore his clothes. 

          Ac 14.14: When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,

 11.     16.17:  Woe to the nations that rise up against my people!  The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgment; he will send fire and worms into their flesh; they shall weep in pain forever.

          Mt 11.22: But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

          Mk 9.48: where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.

          Ac 12.23: And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

          Jas 5.3: Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days.