Quoting the Deuterocanonicals and the Canon

DAY 288 CHALLENGE “Jesus and the authors of the New Testament never quote from the deuterocanonical books, so they do not belong in the Bible.” DEFENSE The absence of a quotation does not prove that a book is noncanonical. Jesus and the authors of the New Testament sometimes introduce quotations in a way that makes it clear they regarded the source as a book of Scripture. This is indicated when they use formulas like “scripture says” (John 19:37; Rom. 9:17, 10:11, 11:2) or “it is written” (Matt. 4:4; Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27, etc.). When these formulas are not present, it is not always clea...