Jovial (7 June 2015)
"Where the Bible Quotes from Outside the
Bible."
The letter of Jude (Yehuda) quotes the book of Enoch in Jude verse 14 saying....
"Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones"" (Jude 14, quoting Enoch 1:9)
This quotation is found in the book of Enoch, in Enoch 1:9. We have copies of the book of Enoch in the original Hebrew that date back to the 2nd to 3rd century BC, found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS). So the DSS verifies that this quote was in Enoch before it was in the New Testament.
This seems strange to some people, but in reality, there is a long list of the places where the Bible quotes from outside the Bible. They include;
Book of the Covenant (Exodus 24:7) - That is, the "Book of the Covenant" is quoted by Exodus 24:7.
Book of the Wars of the Lord (Numbers 21:14)
Book of Jasher (Josh 10:13, 2 Samuel 1:18)
The Book of the Statutes (1 Samuel 10:25)
Book of Samuel the Seer (1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Chronicles 29:29)
Book of Nathan the Prophet (2 Chronicles 9:29)
Book of the Acts of Solomon (1 Kings 11:41)
The Book of Gad the Seer (1 Chronicles 29:29);
Book of Shemaiah the Prophet (2 Chronicles 12:15)
The Book of Ahijah the Shilonite (2 Chronicles 9:29)
Visions of Iddo the Seer (2 Chronicles 9:29);
Acts of Abijah/Story of Prophet Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22)
The Story of the Prophet Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22);
Book of Jehu (2 Chronicles 20:34)
Acts of Uzziah, by Isaiah, the son of Amoz (2 Chronicles 26:22)
Sayings of the Seers (?) (2 Chronicles 33:19)
Book of Enoch (Jude 1:14)
Another apocryphal work is quoted in Jude, but not mentioned by name. May be "The Assumption of Moses". This writing records an account of a dispute between an angel and satan on the body of Moses. (Jude 1:9)
a missing epistle of Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 5:9)
a missing epistle to the Ephesians (Ephesians 3:3)
a missing epistle to the Colossians, written from Laodicea (Colossians 4:16)
a missing epistle of Jude (Jude 3)
So this is a pretty long list. This is not something we need to get bent out of shape over. Just something to accept as how God works.
Shalom,
Joe