“Yes it is sad they lost authority for protestants since Christ and the Apostles all used them as scripture in the scripture of the New Testament.”
No, Jesus and the Apostles did NOT quote from the Apocrypha.
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You know I grew up hearing that myself and even telling it to other people believing it to be the truth.
It may surprise you that even the venerable King James Bible itself as originally published included cross references between the apocrypha and the new testament. This was something known to the translators of the King James Version but somewhere along the way that was removed and now we find many sincere people claiming it was never used. There remains in my Cambridge edition of the KJV a single cross reference between Hebrews and 2 Maccabees, though the bound volume I have does not include the apocrypha.
For one example of Paul relating a teaching directly from the apocrypha compare Romans 1:18-24 with Wisdom of Solomon 13:1-10. You can find both texts available online.
In fact Christ teaches directly from Wisdom of Solomon as related in Matthew. You will find references to the apocryphal works, in the same way as they refer to other scripture,
Peace to you.