“Just like we have scripture today because God gave them to us and not the Catholics.”
No. God sent the scriptures and the Catholic Church. They always go together. The point still stands - Paul was not using the New Testament because the Bereans didn’t have it, wouldn’t recognize it, and it had not been written yet.
“Nice try at “adding to scripture” but it doesn’t work. It does NOT say “searched the scriptures (and their traditions about them) daily”. See how Catholics always have to add things to make their beliefs work?”
I’m not adding anything. The Jews had traditions which they used to understand scripture and they had traditional understandings of scripture. Hence, Jesus could talk about Moses’ seat even though that appears no where in scripture but where Jesus mentions it in the gospels. Most likely Paul was talking to the Berean Jews about Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection since that is a huge theme in Paul’s encounters with Jews in Acts and served as a stumbling block for Jews. He would have used Isaiah’s verses about the Suffering Servant to explain how Jesus’ Passion prove He is the Messiah rather than disprove Him as the Messiah.
Yes they did. Just like Catholics. And the Jews denied Christ didn’t they. And the Catholics pervert scripture. Those “traditions” worked our reeeeeaaaaallll well for the Jews didn’t they!
>> Most likely<<
LOL Most likely? No wonder Catholics don’t like Sola Scripture. They have to rely on man’s wisdom of “most likely”.
You and you’re “most likely” and “it doesn’t say it didn’t happen” exegesis just doesn’t cut it with those seeking truth.