[Scrambler Bob]

Addressing Number FIVE
Does the New Testament expressly refer to Christ’s “unwritten word”? The New Testament itself teaches that it does not contain all that Our Lord did or, consequently, all that He taught.
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John 20-30: And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book, etc.
John 21-25: And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written Amen.
COMMENT: Since the Bible is incomplete, it needs something else to supplement it; i.e., the spoken or historically recorded word which we call Tradition.

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All that Jesus did . . .

Does The Bible contain a discription of how and when Jesus conducted his bodily functions. Like after eating the wheat in the field, and after drinking?

I haven’t found that in The (incomplete) Bible, so I guess I would find that in the Tradition. Need citation from Tradition.

[boatbums]

And like John said, IF they were written down, even the world itself could not contain all the books that could be written!

But he gives us the assurance that, "But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name."

[Elsie]

...these are written...

[wita]

COMMENT: Since the Bible is incomplete, it needs something else to supplement it; i.e., the spoken or historically recorded word which we call Tradition.

I submit that conclusion based on the verses mentioned is in error.

The New Testament itself teaches that it does not contain all that Our Lord did or, consequently, all that He taught.

The principles found therein do not lead one to declare the Bible incomplete. It might lead one to thirst for more, knowing more exists. It does not lead to a declaration that the Bible is all there is.