#12749 Are Any Parts of the Bible From Other Cultures? Nicodemus, 2 Peter - Jimmy Akin

Catholic Answers Live

Catholic Answers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

“Are any parts of the Bible taken from other cultures?” This question opens a discussion on the influences surrounding biblical texts, while also addressing intriguing topics such as the possibility of ensouled humans mating with un-ensouled humans and the role of Nicodemus in the burial of Jesus. Additionally, the dating of 2 Peter is examined, providing a rich exploration of scriptural context.

Join the Catholic Answers Live Club Newsletter

Invite our apologists to speak at your parish! Visit Catholicanswersspeakers.com

Questions Covered:

02:00 – Are any parts of the Bible taken from other cultures?
16:16 – In the beginning of humanity, could ensouled humans have mated with un-ensouled humans? If so, would it have been sinful for them to do so?
34:28 – When I was a kid I was told that Nicodemus helped take Jesus’ body off the cross. But it doesn’t mention him specifically in John 19:39. Is there any truth to this?
45:00 – When do you think 2 Peter was written? A lot of scholars place it after 70 AD and I am wondering if you would place it earlier.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Buying or selling your home, real estate for life can connect you with a pro-life real estate agent.
0:05.2	When Real Estate for Life receives a referral fee, they donate 65% to Catholic Answers.
0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers Live.
0:33.1	Happy Friday to you.
0:34.2	Thanks for being here with us on this Friday afternoon, maybe Friday evening or even Saturday morning where you are. Thank you for taking the time. I can tell. There's always a very distinct, clear sign that Jimmy's going to be on the show, and that is the phones start lighting up about five minutes before the show. So they've already started lighting up. Jimmy Aiken is our guests, and it's your
0:54.6	Bible questions for Jimmy Aiken. If you've got a Bible question about a particular book of the Bible,
1:00.6	maybe a passage of the Bible, maybe something more general about the Bible itself, about the people
1:05.6	who wrote it, you are welcome to call 8883187-884, 3187-884.
1:14.8	Jimmy Aiken, senior apologist here at Catholic Ansters and the author of Evidence for Christ,
1:20.2	The New Book, Evidence for Christ.
1:21.5	Hi, Jimmy Aiken.
1:23.0	Hello, Cykelet.
1:24.0	How are you doing?
1:24.9	I'm pretty good.
1:25.9	I don't even feel like I need to give out the number today because they already started calling. Oh, really? Awesome. Yeah, we already got calls in for you. But that doesn't mean I don't get to ask my opening question. If I have an opening question prepared, I still get to ask it. That is part of the host's privilege. Well, as they used to say on the old laughing show,
1:46.1	sock it to me. All right. Here you go, Jimmy. Here's a Bible question. Or as Richard Nixon said,
1:51.8	sock it to me. To me? Yeah. Classic Nixon moment. All right, here's the question I got for
2:00.5	you about the Bible.
2:01.6	While other people call 8883-1-8-78-4, are there any parts of the Bible that are taken from other cultures?
2:09.8	Yes. Anything else you're wondering about?
2:12.5	Nope, that's all I want to know. No need to elaborate. It was just a yes or no question.
2:17.0	I guess I maybe should
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 26 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Catholic Answers, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Catholic Answers and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.