When Was The New Testament Written?

[Daniels]

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[BigNorsk]

After Christ ascended into heaven and before the Apostle's died.

Marv

 

[PaladinValer]

Between roughly the mid 50's to as late as the 120's.

 

[vanshan]

One requirement of all the NT books, in order for them to be canonized as scripture, was that they had to be written by an Apostle or someone who was in direct contact with them. So they were all written no later than the early 100s A.D. They were copied and shared amongst the local churches, but the canon wasn't solidified in it's current form until the council of Nicea in 325 A.D. Until then there were some other books of questionable origin and teachings that were conclusively rejected by them. At the council they collected what had been being used by the various churches, reviewed them and determined what books were authentic and trustworthy.

Basil

 

[KCDAD]

One requirement of all the NT books, in order for them to be canonized as scripture, was that they had to be written by an Apostle or someone who was in direct contact with them. So they were all written no later than the early 100s A.D. They were copied and shared amongst the local churches, but the canon wasn't solidified in it's current form until the council of Nicea in 325 A.D. Until then there were some other books of questionable origin and teachings that were conclusively rejected by them. At the council they collected what had been being used by the various churches, reviewed them and determined what books were authentic and trustworthy.

Basil

Semantic correction: They had to be perceived as written by an Apostle or close follower... but obviously there is no way of verifying who wrote the original documents since they didn't exist at the time of Canonization. The other point is these were recorded (the Gospels, specifically) after years of being passed along orally. (Even according to Luke's writings, there were many stories going around and they were an attempt to consiolidate a lot of different point sof view.)
So when were they written? Between 50AD (Pauline writings) and 120 AD or later. When were the events that are recorded first passed along to both believers and non-believers? Immediately following the events.

 

[vanshan]

While it's true the authors were with Christ in heaven by the time official canonization occurred, the authorship of the epistles and gospels had been known. What canonization acheived in 325 A.D. was safeguarding these works for future generations, preventing other false works from being intruduced into scripture in the future, and getting rid of some works which had been passed around the local branches of the Church, which didn't pass the test of having being written by those in close proximity to Christ or His apostles.

The canon originally included the OT books, the Dueterocanonical, or Apocryphal books, and the NT books. The Apocrypha was even included in the King James translation, and was only removed by some reformers in the early 1800's, because they included teachings that contradicted their new ideas. So, rather than consider that maybe some of their new teachings were unbiblical, they altered the Bible so that it could support their beliefs. Luther was even said to have had a dislike of the books of Hebrews and James, because they contradicted his ideas on sola fideo, or salvation by faith alone. We should never pick and choose what we want to believe in the Word of God! It's all profitable for us.

Basil

 

[WarriorAngel]

Late 40's
I think 48 AD was the earliest writing from Matthew in Aramaic then he later translated it into Greek.

Then the Gospels were written in the 50's and the last Gospel around 90 AD, and yet the book of Rev was around 100-110 AD by John.

WHY?

 

[Stinker]

What I think that has happened is that narration has occurred in a number of writings we have in our present canon. So when one compares any other ancient writing with our present canon, the other writing looks suspicious.

It also comes as a suprise to many Christians when they find that the order (especially the New Testament) is not at all in chronological order. However, this order works remarkably well to produce faith.

 

[SpiritDriven]

Do bear in mind however that the current books of the Bible are a result of God working and doing in this regard.

Not Man....men quite often seek to take credit for Gods work...men return to the dust they came from...God watches over his word however.

Peace

 

[KCDAD]

While it's true the authors were with Christ in heaven by the time official canonization occurred, the authorship of the epistles and gospels had been known. What canonization acheived in 325 A.D. was safeguarding these works for future generations, preventing other false works from being intruduced into scripture in the future, and getting rid of some works which had been passed around the local branches of the Church, which didn't pass the test of having being written by those in close proximity to Christ or His apostles.

The canon originally included the OT books, the Dueterocanonical, or Apocryphal books, and the NT books. The Apocrypha was even included in the King James translation, and was only removed by some reformers in the early 1800's, because they included teachings that contradicted their new ideas. So, rather than consider that maybe some of their new teachings were unbiblical, they altered the Bible so that it could support their beliefs. Luther was even said to have had a dislike of the books of Hebrews and James, because they contradicted his ideas on sola fideo, or salvation by faith alone. We should never pick and choose what we want to believe in the Word of God! It's all profitable for us.

Basil

Who is in heaven? According to the Bible no one is in heaven until the trumpets sound and Jesus returns...

 

[AWordFromTheFather]

By A.D. 150 in the writings of the Church Fathers, all but three verses of the New Testament are quoted, and all are referred to as old and venerable writings. Any dating scheme which places any of the New Testament later than about A.D. 100 argues against historical precedent.

 

[LamorakDesGalis]

40s-50s AD - James
49 AD - Galatians
50-51 AD - 1 and 2 Thessalonians
54 AD - 1 Corinthians
55 AD - 2 Corinthians and Romans
50s-60s AD - Mark
60 AD - Luke, Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon
61 AD - Acts, Philippians
62 AD - 1 Timothy, Titus
63 AD - 2 Timothy, 1 and 2 Peter
60s AD - Matthew, Hebrews
60s-70s AD - Jude
80s-90s AD - Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 and 3 John, Revelation


LDG

 

[KCDAD]

40s-50s AD - James
49 AD - Galatians
50-51 AD - 1 and 2 Thessalonians
54 AD - 1 Corinthians
55 AD - 2 Corinthians and Romans
50s-60s AD - Mark
60 AD - Luke, Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon
61 AD - Acts, Philippians
62 AD - 1 Timothy, Titus
63 AD - 2 Timothy, 1 and 2 Peter
60s AD - Matthew, Hebrews
60s-70s AD - Jude
80s-90s AD - Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 and 3 John, Revelation


LDG

Very liberal dates you got there.

 

[vanshan]

Who is in heaven? According to the Bible no one is in heaven until the trumpets sound and Jesus returns...

Do you know some people who are teaching this? This is absolutely wrong, according to scripture. Some call this false belief "soul sleep" and the Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists teach it, but this is not the belief of Christians.

Aside from some of the righteous men of the Old Testament who were already taken to heaven, Jesus even told the thief on the cross next to Him that he'd see Him that day in Paradise. The bodily resurrection is what will occur when the trumpet sounds and the dead in Christ will be raised. Our spirits, which will have been in heaven or hell after an intial judgement, will join our regenerated bodies and we'll physically come before Christ for the final judgement.

Basil

 

[buzuxi02]

Historically speaking the books of the NT were written between 50 a.d.-120 a.d.

The earliest NT document is probably 1 Thess. 50-51 a.d.

The earliest gospel is that of Mark. Internal evidence suggests after the start of the Roman invasion but before the destruction of the Temple putting it anywhere between 66a.d. and 69 a.d.

All of the Johanine writings can be dated around 90-100 a.d.
The honor of the most recent NT writing goes to 2Peter probably written around 120 a.d. give or take a decade.

 

[LamorakDesGalis]

Very liberal dates you got there.

You mean "liberal" as in range, right? Because liberal Christians date most of the books much later, such as the Gospel of John in the 150s. The date ranges depend on different factors, such as which gospel came first.

LDG

 

[KCDAD]

Do you know some people who are teaching this? This is absolutely wrong, according to scripture. Some call this false belief "soul sleep" and the Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists teach it, but this is not the belief of Christians.

Aside from some of the righteous men of the Old Testament who were already taken to heaven, Jesus even told the thief on the cross next to Him that he'd see Him that day in Paradise. The bodily resurrection is what will occur when the trumpet sounds and the dead in Christ will be raised. Our spirits, which will have been in heaven or hell after an intial judgement, will join our regenerated bodies and we'll physically come before Christ for the final judgement.

Basil

According to scripture.... I just love that! According to which of the scriptures? Thessalonians or Revelation? Daniel or Ezekiel? Jesus or Paul?

 

[CShephard53]

Who is in heaven? According to the Bible no one is in heaven until the trumpets sound and Jesus returns...

According to scripture.... I just love that! According to which of the scriptures? Thessalonians or Revelation? Daniel or Ezekiel? Jesus or Paul?

So, um, what Scriptures were YOU going by?

 

[KCDAD]

So, um, what Scriptures were YOU going by?

Thessalonians

 

[vanshan]

According to scripture.... I just love that! According to which of the scriptures? Thessalonians or Revelation? Daniel or Ezekiel? Jesus or Paul?

According to the scriptures which tell of the events I mentioned. Read about the thief on the cross, Elijah's magnificent departure, Elijah's and Moses' appearance with Christ on Mount Tabor. To depart this life is to be present with Christ. Thessalonians is merely describing the state of the mortal body upon death--asleep. The moral body will be raised according to scripture, but that doesn't mean our soul will be imprisoned there until that happens.

Basil