Those who never heard about Jesus?

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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

What is Jesus and the apostles quoting in the New Testament? Meaning what Bible were they getting the quotes from?

Jesus and his disciples primarily quoted and referenced the Torah and Jewish law. Paul not only quoted the Torah and Jewish law, but he also quoted the Greek philosophers a couple times. This is to be expected. The revelation that became known as "Christianity" was evolving out of Judaism in a culture that was strongly influenced by Greek philosophy.

We see the same thing in Buddhism. Siddhārtha Gautama (Buddha) referenced the Hindu Vedas and shares various concepts that were eventually popularized in the Upanishads. After all, just as Buddhism grew out of Hinduism; Christianity grew out of Judaism.

If you go back even further, every modern religion has reflections of spiritual truths originally found in the ancient mythologies possessed by cultures predating them that have now vanished in the sands of time. And those mythologies even embody concepts found in various cave art and burial customs practiced by Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals.

It's almost like the same story is told over and over again in innumerable ways. This is indicative of a timeless universal spiritual truth.

"I believe that God's truth is higher, deeper & longer than all our creeds and includes what is best in each of them." - Horace Greeley, Unitarian Universalist