NT Allusions to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

 

testament of moses

 

 1.      3.11:  Is this not that which was made known to us in prophecies by Moses, who suffered many things in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years

          Ac 7.36: He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 

2.      5.4:  For they will not follow the truth of God, but certain of them will pollute the high altart by [4-6 letters lost] the offerings which they place before the Lord.  They are not truly priests at all, but slaves, yea sons of slaves.

          Rom 1.25: because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

 3.      12.7:  Yet this is not on account of either my strength or weakness, it is simply that his mercies and long-suffering have lighted on me.

          Rom 9.16: So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

 4.      ?:  see Clement of Alexandria, Origen, et al.

          Jude 9: But when the archangel Michael contended with the devil and disputed about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a condemnation of slander against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"