NT Allusions to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

 

Tobit

 

 1.      2.2: When the table was set for me and an abundance of food placed before me, I said to my son Tobias, "Go, my child, and bring whatever poor person you may find of our people among the exiles in Nineveh, who is wholeheartedly mindful of God, and he shall eat together with me. I will wait for you, until you come back."

          Lk 14.13: But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

 2.      3.17: So Raphael was sent to heal both of them: Tobit, by removing the white films from his eyes, so that he might see God's light with his eyes; and Sarah, daughter of Raguel, by giving her in marriage to Tobias son of Tobit, and by setting her free from the wicked demon Asmodeus. For Tobias was entitled to have her before all others who had desired to marry her. At the same time that Tobit returned from the courtyard into his house, Sarah daughter of Raguel came down from her upper room.

          Lk 15.12: The younger of them said to his father, "Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.' So he divided his property between them.

 3.      4.3: Then he called his son Tobias, and when he came to him he said, "My son, when I die, give me a proper burial. Honor your mother and do not abandon her all the days of her life. Do whatever pleases her, and do not grieve her in anything. 

          Mt 8.21: Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

 4.      4.6: for those who act in accordance with truth will prosper in all their activities. To all those who practice righteousness

          Jn 3.21: But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

 5.      4.10: For almsgiving delivers from death and keeps you from going into the Darkness. 

          Jas 2.13: For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

 6.      4.14:  Do not keep over until the next day the wages of those who work for you, but pay them at once. If you serve God you will receive payment. Watch yourself, my son, in everything you do, and discipline yourself in all your conduct.

          Jas 5.4: Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

 7.      4.15: And what you hate, do not do to anyone. Do not drink wine to excess or let drunkenness go with you on your way.

          Mt 7.12: In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.

 8.      4.17: Place your bread on the grave of the righteous, but give none to sinners.

          Mt 25.35: for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

 9.      5.15: Then he added, "I will pay you a drachma a day as wages, as well as expenses for yourself and my son. So go with my son, 

          Mt 20.2: After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

 10.     5.19: Do not heap money upon money, but let it be a ransom for our child.

          1Cor 4.13: when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day.

 11.     7.10: But Raguel overheard it and said to the lad, "Eat and drink, and be merry tonight. For no one except you, brother, has the right to marry my daughter Sarah. Likewise I am not at liberty to give her to any other man than yourself, because you are my nearest relative. But let me explain to you the true situation more fully, my child.

          Lk 12.19: And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'

 12.     7.17 (.16 in NRSV):  So she went and made the bed in the room as he had told her, and brought Sarah there. She wept for her daughter.  Then, wiping away the tears, she said to her, "Take courage, my daughter; the Lord of heaven grant you joy in place of your sorrow. Take courage, my daughter." Then she went out.

          Mt 11.25: At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;

          Lk 10.17: The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!"

          Ac 17.24: The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,

 13.     11.9: Then Anna ran up to her son and threw her arms around him, saying, "Now that I have seen you, my child, I am ready to die." And she wept.

          Lk 2.29: "Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word;

          [UBS4] Lk 15.20: So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

 14.     12.8: Prayer with fasting is good, but better than both is almsgiving with righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than wealth with wrongdoing.  It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.

          Ac 10.2: He was a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God.

 15.     12.12: So now when you and Sarah prayed, it was I who brought and read the record of your prayer before the glory of the Lord, and likewise whenever you would bury the dead.

          Rev 8.3: Another angel with a golden censer came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.

 16.     12.15: I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand ready and enter before the glory of the Lord.

          Mt 18.10: Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.

          Lk 1.19: The angel replied, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

          Ac 17.24: The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,

 17.     13.7, 11: As for me, I exalt my God, and my soul rejoices in the King of heaven. ... A bright light will shine to all the ends of the earth; many nations will come to you from far away, the inhabitants of the remotest parts of the earth to your holy name, bearing gifts in their hands for the King of heaven.  Generation after generation will give joyful praise in you; the name of the chosen city will endure forever.

          1Tim 1.17: To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.  Amen.

          [UBS4] Rev 15.3: And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!

 18.     13.17 (13.16, NRSV):  For Jerusalem will be built as his house for all ages.  How happy I will be if a remnant of my descendants should survive to see your glory and acknowledge the King of heaven.  The gates of Jerusalem will be built with sapphire and emerald, and all your walls with precious stones.  The towers of Jerusalem will be built with gold, and their battlements with pure gold.  The streets of Jerusalem will be paved with ruby and with stones of Ophir.

          Rev 21.19-27: The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every jewel; the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.  And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of the gates is a single pearl, and the street of the city is pure gold, transparent as glass.  I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.  The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.  Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.  People will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.  But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

 19.     13.18 (13.17, NRSV):  The gates of Jerusalem will sing hymns of joy, and all her houses will cry, 'Hallelujah!  Blessed be the God of Israel!' and the blessed will bless the holy name forever and ever.

          Rev 19.1: After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to our God,

 20.     14.4: and hurry off to Media, for I believe the word of God that Nahum spoke about Nineveh, that all these things will take place and overtake Assyria and Nineveh. Indeed, everything that was spoken by the prophets of Israel, whom God sent, will occur. None of all their words will fail, but all will come true at their appointed times. So it will be safer in Media than in Assyria and Babylon. For I know and believe that whatever God has said will be fulfilled and will come true; not a single word of the prophecies will fail. All of our kindred, inhabitants of the land of Israel, will be scattered and taken as captives from the good land; and the whole land of Israel will be desolate, even Samaria and Jerusalem will be desolate. And the temple of God in it will be burned to the ground, and it will be desolate for a while.

          Mt 23.38: See, your house is left to you, desolate.

          Lk 13.35: See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, "Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.' "

 21.     14.5:  But God will again have mercy on them, and God will bring them back into the land of Israel; and they will rebuild the temple of God, but not like the first one until the period when the times of fulfillment shall come. After this they all will return from their exile and will rebuild Jerusalem in splendor; and in it the temple of God will be rebuilt, just as the prophets of Israel have said concerning it.

          Mk 1.15: and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news."

          Lk 21.24: they will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken away as captives among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

          Gal 4.4: But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law