ktsai

Is there any evidence that Jesus would have used the Septuagint? If so, shouldn't the official cannon include the Aprocrypha?

Clouseau

It is quite likely that Jesus read some of the books that make up the Septuagint, living, as he did, in a prosperous region where the lingua franca was Greek koine. However, these books were not printed in one volume as books are today, and there is no reason to suppose that he must have read the books that are known as 'deuterocanonical' by some people. Even if he did, there is no reason to suppose that he regarded them as canonical. Jesus regarded the Jewish religious establishment of his day as highly corrupt, as it very often had been in the past since Sinai, to which the chroniclers and prophets included in the canon itself gave witness. The literary output of those who had strayed from the 'ancient paths' was very much to be discounted.

judge

Which old testament did Jesus prefer to quote from.