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As a Protestant I got to say my favorite part of the bible was when Jesus said "it's gospeling time" and then did a backflip off the cross.

I love how Mary's response to infant Jesus telling her he's gonna be crucified is just "that's nice dear" as if he were trying to show her a nice rock he found.

"I believe there should be no closed doors when it comes to knowledge" Bro would have inhaled that apple so fast

The first gospel of infancy reads like the Star Wars sequel trilogy. “That kid grew up to be Judas iscariot” has the same energy as “somehow Palpatine returned” 😂

Jesus making a kid drop dead, reviving him and then having im say "no Jesus didn't kill me" had me screaming

I absolutely LOST IT at the fact that they gave Judas the backstory that he was the rabid kid who bit everyone 😭

"Mother, I am the Son of God" "...wow" That made me wheeze 🤣 the idea of Mary being unphased by some of the wildest things a child could ever possibly say is amazing

"What I'm about to talk about has not been approved by the Vatican."

Wendigoon's Christian videos are unironically the best Christian videos I've seen on KZfaq. He isn't trying to convert you, but it's clear that he feels deeply about his faith and also knows his stuff about it, even the weird corners. I really need to start listening to the weird Bible podcast lol

I can't believe Wendigoon found the Dead Sea scrolls just to make this video. I respect the dedication.

the fact that you can tell he rattled off all the books of the bible straight off the dome and not looking at any script is the coldest flex tbh

13:41 Gospel of James 20:52 Gospel birth of Mary 22:22 First gospel infancy of Jesus Christ 33:42 Second gospel infancy of Jesus Christ 36:56 Gospel of Nicodemus/Acts of Pilatea 50:25 Gospel of Peter 54:18 Narrative of Joseph of Aritmathea 1:01:37 Letters of Herod and Pilate 1:08:49 Epistle of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa 1:10:31 Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans 1:12:14 Epistles of Paul to Seneca 1:16:27 General Epistle of Barnabas 1:19:42 Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians 1:24:35 Acts of Paul & Thecla 1:35:19 Gospel of Mary 1:41:20 Gospel of Judas 1:45:18 The Seven Epistles of Ignatius I spent 7 hours watching back to back to understand this video (and also because English is not my 1st language) so I can say I am one of the 12 people. Looking forward to see the other parts of the lost books! Keep it up.

probably my favorite wendigoon quote: “if you touched someone and were immediately healed, you’d probably follow that guy around.”

i think what makes wendigoon’s christian/biblical content so different and so enjoyable is that he’s not trying to preach to you or convert you, he’s just talking enthusiastically about something he’s genuinely passionate about

That 66 book in order listing by memory is so impressive I need that skill

I'm honestly just more impressed on your ability to list off all the books off the Bible without missing a beat than anything else

This man can unite Atheists, Muslims, Christians, and pretty much everybody while talking about the Bible. That is incredibly hard to do.

you would do such amazing work as a pastor. as someone that was raised catholic, left the church for a bit, and am finding my way back to general christianity, your videos have helped me to find deeper meaning in my new faith. thank you thank you thank you!!

The Mule story feels like a direct to DVD prequel for the Bible

Wendigoon, as a jew, you have no idea how exhilarating it is to hear a Christian to actually tell the story about the politics between the jewish leaders and jesus correctly. It is genuinely so rare and i highly commend you for that.

Imagine how lucky Wendigoon's sunday school homies are to get this fantastic story telling in person once a week.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, watched the whole thing. Thank you for your time. Yah Bless you and Shalom.

I checked out this vid out of curiosity a few weeks back, and it was such fun I started reading some of these heretical works. Yup, some are as ridiculous as you warned, but like you say at the end, they actually highlight what makes the Bible so inspirational by contrast. Thanks for doing this research and going through it with us.

Id be in a TOTALLY different place in life if i had Wendigoon as a sunday school teacher. Those kids don't know how lucky they are to have such a wonderfully wholesome and creatively quirky kind soul like his in their life every week talking passionately about religion and spirituality.

Gotta love the second book. "and that child was Judas Iscariot" is legit a meme

I'm loving digging through your back catalogue Wendigoon! Great stuff thank you

Thank you, just found your channel. I truly enjoy your videos

Actually, as a Catholic, the answer I've always heard about the "brothers" of Christ is simply that the original Aramaic word used in the Gospels does not exclusively mean "son of my father and mother" - 1st Century Aramaic had no specific word for cousins and other similar relatives and simply used "brother" and "sister" as a general catch-all term for them. As far as I've heard, the Catholic position is that Jesus' "brothers" were actually his cousins.

I would absolutely listen to a 7 hour version listing and describing all the omitted books.

Thank you for this, brother. Would love to hear more of this, I appreciate your work you put into this.

Just found your channel and love your work - never thought I’d find a 2hr video on this content so interesting

I am not a Christian but I ADORE your content. My best friends are both very devout Christians and have the same well-rounded, sober understanding of the Bible and biblical concepts that you display. I wish more Christians could talk like this. I have a great appreciation for how much effort and passion you put into these educational videos. Thank you so much!

i grew up extremely Christian in a very prejudice situation. i grew to hate the church and strayed away from faith due to the hate and judgement i saw in the religion growing up. i have been a wendigoon fan for over a year now and watching his Bible lore videos has me looking into my faith again. i find myself at night praying and asking for a path to Jesus again because of men like isaiah. thank you for your passion and intelligence which makes religion not only interesting again, but comforting to know Christians that are as inclusive as you exist.

This was so great and enlightening! Thank you!

I'm in this til the bitter end, my friend. You're a wonderful speaker especially with theology. This has been a fascinating video

I'm an electrician and this really helps pass time. You're not just background noise. Everything you say is interesting. Thanks for helping me get through my shift

See this is why I love Wendigoon. He just makes videos about whatever fascinates him. He didn’t let the fact that he makes videos about Christianity stop him from making videos about weird, creepy stuff or conspiracies that he’s into. And he didn’t let blowing up for his creepy content stop him from making videos about Christianity. Plus, if you’ve read the Bible… some of it is wild lol

This was an awesome video! Hoping to see more like it! I really appreciated all of the research you obviously put in, and the Christian foundation you displayed throughout. It was really refreshing watching someone who holds Scripture in high authority break these down to lay man terms. It really cleared up a lot of my nagging thoughts about these weird books that I've seen floating around agnostic circles and that critics of Christianity like to parade around. One thing that I wanted to mention is that at 40:07 I'd say that it's possible that they were all in Jerusalem at the time given it was Passover and Jews made pilgrimages to Jerusalem during this time. And your section on the Narrative of Joseph was spot on. I felt all of that. "I wouldn't want to be that guy right now" is a _nice_ way of putting it.

Thank you for the time you’ve put into making these type of videos I’m learning so much!

I’m an atheist but also a person that enjoys seeing other people gushing over things they care about, this is wholesome as heck and I want more.

I can't speak for everyone but I would totally watch a 8 hour deep dive into basically any subject you normally cover I love this stuff

I listened thoroughly to every minute of this video. Please make more

I listened to this whole thing while doing a puzzle. I love Bible content-- if you wanna keep going, I'll definitely be here to watch and listen!!

I'm Muslim and have been a big fan of yours for ages and I absolutely love this series. The passion you put into it and how much respect and love you have for Jesus is just inspiring. Even though Abrahamic religions disagree on a few matters I think it's important to see the beauty in our differences and this was such an interesting video! I love seeing the people in the comments from all religious background appreciating Biblical lore.

As a Christian, it is so wonderful to see an actual Christian make these amazing videos! It means more when someone who actually cares about the bible talk about it, and this was a fascinating subject, thank you so much for making it!

Thank you a billion times wendigoon. As a Christian I have acknowledged these books to be ... existing but I had always held the holy Bible to be the ultimate truth for whatever reason and that God had allowed us to have the holy Bible as a book with no fluff no filler and only truth. I have acknowledged some of these hidden books as a possibility but not as gospel, so to speak. I really appreciate the knowledge that you have and I really do feel blessed to have such access to what I consider your channel to be as education. God bless you brother and I'm so interested in all your information because you are very informative and very smart guy, I like to think I have a decent head on my shoulders but it's always great to learn more and you in fact do that to me. God bless and can't wait for more of your content as I do have more to see and more to wait for I'm sure. Take care

Stellar content, my friend, your videos fascinate me. Your ability to interpret and present this material is remarkable.

“So while in the cave, Jesus, the baby, just starts talking: ‘Mother, I am the son of god.’” Not me picturing that one Critical Role skit where Matt Mercer, in his super deep voice, says, “Mother, I bring news from the womb.” 😂

giving a backstory to random minor charaters is fanfiction 101

Thank you for making this video! I found it really interesting 😊 I’m not Christian, more of a Pagan tbh, but I find all religion fascinating regardless of my personal beliefs. I definitely learned a lot today! This is my first full video from you, and I can’t wait to watch many more! ❤

Thanks for this content, love the humor and modern perspective!

As someone who was raised very Christian, I would LOVE to see more of these. The banned/forgotten books of the Bible have always interested me and the way you were able to condense them was super helpful and entertaining.

I just fell into a fit of giggles during the infancy section. The fact (in the book at least) Judas was a demon possessed boy biting people killed me

I for one am new to the channel and I greatly enjoy it, but had no idea that you were of faith (cuz I'm new not cuz of any other reason) but I think it's awesome that you covered such a topic the way you did and it makes me wanna be more involved in the channel. Kudos my brother 🤘

Great job dude! Keep these coming!

I absolutely love when Wendigoon gets teary-eyed when he starts getting into his beliefs. That kind of emotion makes it so clear just how much this means to him. Seeing him talk about mercy at 1:00:00 made me want to cry too

Honestly Wendigoon, a 7 hour video does not sound bad at all. I've never had a speck of interest in the bible, but watching your videos about it, tearing up while talking about the Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost, it got my attention insanely quickly. :)

I would like to see more of these videos. Your doing great work.

Timestamps: Infancy - 13:01 Gospel Of James - 13:43 Gospel Of The Book Of Mary - 20:47 First Gospel Of The Infancy Of Jesus Christ - 22:20 Second Gospel Of The Infancy Of Jesus Christ - 33:39 Passion - 35:50 Gospel Of Nicodemus - 36:55 Acts Of Pilate - 42:25 Gospel Of Peter - 50:20 Narrative Of Joseph Of Arimathea - 54:17 Letters Of Herod And Pilate - 1:01:18 Epistles - 1:08:11 Jesus Christ And Abagarus King Of Edessa - 1:08:45 Paul To The Laocedians - 1:10:45 Paul To Seneca - 1:12:06 Epistle Of Barnabas - 1:16:26 Clement To The Corinthians - 1:19:40 Miscellaneous - 1:24:07 Acts Of Paul And Thecla - 1:24:33 Gospel Of Mary - 1:35:16 Gospel Of Judas - 1:41:19 The Seven Letters Of Ignatius - 1:45:09

I’m not a Christian, but I love learning about religions. Their histories and variants over the years are very interesting. Thank you for this video!

Loved this so much! I've always wondered about the supposed "other books" and this was just perfect. Informative and funny!

1:05:28 ...same lol This lesson is so enriching and inspiring. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to spreading the truth and good news in such a refreshing way!

Even as someone who isn't Christian I always feel like your Biblical videos are pretty unbiased and I love to hear you talk about something you're passionate about. You really want to find and share truth and not further an agenda.

I grew up Lutheran and part of our Sunday school classes was the occasional visit to other religious services and talk with their leaders afterwards (Catholic, protestant, Jewish, Sikhs [it was the Milwaukee area so there’s a ton of Sikhs]) and I remember talking to our pastor about how interesting I found a lot of of scripture and stories that weren’t part of the Bible we studied really neat and he encouraged me to read whatever I wanted because it all has something to say about my own faith just by virtue of ME reading it. I don’t really keep the faith anymore but that has always stuck with me.

So a person with a Christian/Catholic background that kind of fizzled away over time, I highly respect your perspectives on these non-canon biblical texts. Just simply being open to them while also displaying your innate devotion to your own religion is awesome. I truly don't even know what I believe in anymore, but to see your beliefs so steadfast while studying these very blatantly blasphemous things is inspiring. As you said, knowledge should be hidden to no one, even if it's text that can't confirmed.

It may have been in shifts, but I paid attention to all the lost books. Your longform content is my favorite!

I’m not religious but am always so enthralled with whatever wendigoon is speaking about. Made me appreciate the tales of the bible much more than my forced sunday churches growing up. Respect dude!

Time Stamps- Sponsor: 6:04 Context: 8:16 Infancy: 12:20 -Gospel of James: 13:41 (or 16:16 ) -History: 19:16 -The Gospel of the Birth of Mary: 20:49 -The First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ: 22:19 -The Second Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ: 33:36 Passion: 35:46 -The Gospel of Nicodemus: 36:56 (or 38:53 ) -Acts of Pilate: 42:26 (or 43:57 ) -Gospel of Peter: 50:24 (or 51:55 ) -Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea: 54:15 (will not include second because of the dictats of my own conscience) -The Letters of Herod and Pilate: 1:01:29 -Extra History: 1:04:44 -Back to it: 1:06:00 Epistles: 1:08:22 -Epistle of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa: 1:08:47 (or 1:09:16 ) -Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans: 1:10:29 -Epistles of Paul to Seneca: 1:12:12 -General Epistle of Barnabas: 1:16:27 -Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians: 1:19:40 Misc: 1:24:03 -Acts of Paul & Thecla: 1:24:34 (or 1:25:44 ) -Gospel of Mary: 1:35:16 -More History: 1:36:00 -Back to it: 1:37:13 -Weird stuff people say: 1:39:55 -Gospel of Judas: 1:41:18 -The Seven Epistles of Ignatius: 1:45:10 “So there we have it.” 1:51:16 I would just like to thank you for this video that brings attention to these themes and works! May God bless you that you will find true truths and beauty of all His creations!

As a muslim who has particularly a interest in the 3 abrahamic religions and their history. I can say: I appreciate the effort u made into this video. Some books were in my "to-read list", so it's good to know which ones I can take with a pinch of salt. I finished recently "The Shepherd of Hermas", it really showed the early christians (also where in the list would it belong,; historical?) and I am currently reading the dead sea scrolls, but since I do this in my free time, it takes me some time to finish it. Btw: I don't read to convert, I am a faithfull, practicing muslim, since I already believe in Jesus pbuh as the messiah, I wanted to look at how he was viewed in the early churches. So before people are trying to convert me, don't worry I am critical of any religion so I know what I believe. Lastly I want to finish with a sentence from the Quran, to illustrate how Muslims view Jesus pbuh; [The Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel] and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind [from birth] and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic." Quran [5:110]

I absolutely love your passion for this subject.

As one of those alleged "twelve people" who stayed from beginning to end, I had a great time watching and listening along. Lost books from the Bible have always been a fun topic for me to occasionally return to, and I loved seeing your take on them. I would definitely return for more. Gotta say though, I was expecting to see Enoch get mentioned in here, so its omission was a surprise for me. Not a deterrent or a disappointment; just a surprise. Maybe the Book of Enoch will be mentioned in a later video. Possibly? Hopefully?

I genuinely enjoy learning about Christianity through you because I don’t feel like you’re being pushy. I can’t really explain it, but you’ve drawn me closer to Christianity in a way that many pastors haven’t

Hey, I know this is an old vid and there is no chance of you seeing this, but i just felt let getting it out there. I have been, for most of my young life, an apostate of the protestant religion. I fully believe that my leaving of the faith was inevitable from a young age when looking back on my life, who I am, and who I was. I don't think that anything could've changed that outcome in my life. If there is someone who designed us, then they put it within my nature to leave the church. From a very, very young age, I had questions about things, and if the question didn't align with the beliefs of those around me, or they didn't have an answer, they wouldn't seek to find me an answer or challenge their own beliefs, they would just say "you only need to have faith," and faith just wasn't good enough for me. It was all the same people who said that I needed to love and respect my father despite the fact that he would blame and punish me for his shortcomings as a husband, father, and human being. Just have faith, just love. So, I stopped believing. I saw the hipocracies within the bible and those who follow it, and found I could not justifiably put faith into it or those who do. I also found that I didn't need religion. I know that I am a good person, I have meaning within my life as defined by who I am and who I want to be. I don't believe in nor do I need a promise or threat of an afterlife to live my life. I'm just going to live while I'm alive. But for the longest time, despite saying otherwise, I held a huge grudge on Christianity, and further Christians. It did not help when a lot of people say things like "oh you don't have a problem with Christianity, people pervert the religion, but the religion itself didn't harm you." To me, that line has always infuriated me as it is that very religion that justified the way people treated and talked to me as I was questioning the religion. But I found you and your videos. I first saw one by suggestion of a friend that I watch you FNaF lore video, as I am a huge FNaF friend and they loved your content, so they wanted to introduce me to you with something I was already very familiar with (and the only video I've seen where I actually already knew everything you said haha). But as I kept watching, I fell more in love with your content, and then I learned that you were a Christian and, for the first time, I didn't really feel anything negative about it. You have such a way of talking and describing things that is both charasmatic, inviting, and entertaining. You make people want to feel passionate about the things you are passionate about, you draw us in, and even if it's something we don't like, you make us want to watch it, for your sake more than anything, and we come out on the other end feeling better for it. I'm not going to lead this message into saying that you reconverted me to Christianity. I don't think anyone or anything less than Jesus Christ himself, undeniably in front of me, could do that. That being said, you have helped me overcome my distaste in the Christian religion and, although I am not a Christian and do not hold the Bible to be holy or historical, you have revitalized my childhood interest in the lore of Christian faith. While I don't think I'll study the Bible like I used to, I definitely enjoy hearing those who do and are passionate about it talk about the stories that they hold dear,.

I felt so guilty at the end when Wendi said "everyone's probably just using this as background noise. It's fine tho 🥲" cause I literally put this video on just to fall asleep to and now I'm furiously rewatching the entire video to give it the attention it deserves lmao

I've studied these but as a beleiever this was a great refresher and entertaining. Keep up all your vids!

I think your religious videos are my favorite that you produce. I know most people will come here for the spooky stuff, but man, the way you talk about religion is so unique. I think most of that is that you're not afraid to talk about what other Christians are and I find that so very interesting, and has made me find my faith again and feel even stronger in my beliefs. Thank you Mr. Wendigoon for being the pastor I wish I had as a kid

I actually love the long, in-depth videos discussing and theorizing about Christianity. I'm not religious myself, but learning about it is still very fascinating to me. But it's a massive subject that's hard to breach into, especially the weird, obscure stuff. The combination of your talent for thorough research, having a friendly, casual vibe while also clearly being incredibly passionate, your ability to balance humor and presentation with respect for the things you're talking about, and your... _Wendigoon-y_ personality makes it easy, engaging, and very entertaining to learn about. You always clarify that you're not trying to proselytize at people, but honestly, the disclaimer never even feels necessary; you don't give off a preachy vibe to begin with.

I would love to hear more and please make the removed and debated books a series. This was something I was always curious about in catechism as a kid

Great video 👏Definitely open all the doors to the gospel knowledge! In a time where almost anyone can hear and read the Bible it’s also important to know that some facts may vary according to one’s understanding. So, open the doors and each person come to an enlightened conclusion. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

"I believe there should be no closed doors when it comes to knowledge" is one of the most inspiring things I've heard from a Christian since I lost my own faith. Maybe if I had had a pastor as openminded as Wendigoon, I would still be a believer.

I haven’t seen many of your videos but it did come as a surprise that you are religious. As a Christian myself, it is refreshing to see a person that is christian, very open to learning and seems like a very cool person. I feel like a lot of religious people frown upon looking at their religion critically but I think it has the potential for one’s faith to grow. Also I love the fact that you also deep dive to myth, lore and the supernatural - something that a lot Christian’s don’t like to talk about.

Amazing video! Thanks for making it❤

i’ve been waiting for someone to make a video on this

The part about the three Wise Men being Zoroastrian does make some sense. The wise me are often called the Magi, which is a term used in reference to Zoroastrian priests of that era(which is also where we get the word magic and mage).

Baby Jesus: “Mother, I am the son of God” Mary: “…wow”

Beelzebub is like “he’s perfect, he’s beautiful, he looks like Eva Evangelista, he’s a model”. Not really the audience for this joke, but if you know, you know haha.

You should do a follow up with more content that didn’t make the cut. Thanks for always being informative while keeping my attention. Never stop what you do

There is definitely room for a part two! The book of Noah, the book of Moses, book of Jubilee. Books all about angels and Giants!

I also love the mule part, but just because of the way you introduce it. You introduce it as if the sisters just wandered into some random inn, clothed mule and all, and the idea that their response was even taken seriously by the innkeeper, just him being like "ah yes, I do believe that this mule, who is a mule, is also your brother. mhm. there's a miracle baby that might help in the inn, just letting you know." it's so goofy i love it

bro I haven't even finished the video and you've earned a sub. This is awesome content!

Keep it coming! I want to see explanations of The Apocalypse of Abraham and the books of Enoch!

I'm an atheist but I love these long theology videos. The knowledge and passion behind them easily makes them a channel favorite for me.

I’ve been waiting for this video for a looong time! Aside from my time at university, Ive never met other young people who care about historical Biblical history as much as I do. This is SO solid and informative! I believe this information should be accessible to everyone and you did an amazing job conveying such dense material. Thank you for being you and for making this!

I'm not a spiritual nor a spiritual man, but I do have a fascination with world religon especially the currently practiced faiths and you do an amazing job of talking about, to where it doesn't feel preachy. It feels like it comes from a genuine place of passion and I think that's why I like you as a content creator. I found you from the various podcasts you're on or have been on and have loved every appearance. You're doing great work man!

Fascinating- please do more!

I love all of the strange and interesting Christianity stuff that you delve in to. As a Christian myself, it's refreshing to see a creator that can make videos around the subject that still treat it respectfully

8:39 parts of Bible explanation 12:23 infancy gospels 13:45 Gospel of James 20:50 The Gospel of the Birth of Mary 22:21 The First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ 33:41 The Second Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ 35:48 Passion veredicts 36:56 The Gospel of Nicodemus/Acts of Pilate 50:23 Gospel of Peter 54:15 The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathea 1:01:36 The Letters of Herod and Pilate 1:08:23 Epistles 1:08:50 Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edesa 1:10:30 Epistle of Paul to the Laodiceans 1:12:13 Epistles of Paul to Seneca 1:16:29 General Epistle of Barnabas 1:19:42 Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians 1:24:07 Miscellaneous 1:24:33 The Acts of Paul and Thecla 1:35:19 The Gospel of Mary 1:41:23 The Gospel of Judas 1:45:16 The Seven Epistles of Ignatius

Keep doing what you're doing. 👏🏼 Great content.

Thank you Wendigoon. Most fascinating and enjoyable, all 2 hours :O)