![]() It separated them, because the Bible said so in 2 Esdras 14:46, But keep the seventy last, that thou mayest deliver them only to such as be wise among the people: For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge. The Authorized King James Version called these books ‘Apocrypha’. Some of the apocrypha were written at a later date, and were therefore not included. The texts might only have been known to few people, or they might have been left out because their content does not fit well into that of the other books of the Bible. ![]() There are several reasons why these texts were not included in the canon. Generally, the term is applied to writings that were not part of the canon. ![]() The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφα (apokrypha). The Apocrypha are religious texts that are in some versions of the Catholic Bible.
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