What were the contents of these ‘scriptures’? Which books?
Was it the Septuagint?
Getting a might weak there. What difference does it make. It was the “scriptures” up to that point. He didn’t tell them to refer to tradition did he. He told them to check with WHAT WAS WRITTEN to even see if what he taught was truth. Catholics on the other hand will take most any myth handed down by the higher ups in the cult.