. . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 75-80
ROMANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 56
1 CORINTHIANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 55
2 CORINTHIANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 55
GALATIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 56
EPHESIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 60
PHILIPPIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 61
COLOSSIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 60
1 THESSALONIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 51
2 THESSALONIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 51
1 TIMOTHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 63
2 TIMOTHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 64
TITUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 63
PHILEMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 60
HEBREWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 66
JAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 50
1 PETER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 64
2 PETER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 65
1, 2, 3 JOHN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 80-90
JUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 63
REVELATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.D. 96

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CHAPTER I

THE NEW TESTAMENT

[Sidenote: Its Name.]

After the gift of the Holy Spirit Himself, we may justly reckon the New
Testament as the most precious gift which our Lord Jesus Christ has
given since His Ascension to those who believe on His Name. The word
"testament," which is in Latin _testamentum_, corresponds with our word
"covenant," and the phrase "New Testament" signifies the record of that
new covenant in which God bound man to Himself by the death of His Son.
The truth that this was a new covenant, distinct from the covenant
which God made with Abraham, was taught by our Lord when He instituted
the memorial of His death and said, "This cup is the new covenant in My
Blood." We do not know precisely at what date the Christians began to
call this record "the New Testament," but we do know that they used
this name before A.D. 200.

[Sidenote: Its Language.]

In the time of our Lord the popular language of Palestine was Aramaic,
a language which was akin to Hebrew and borrowed some words from
Hebrew. Hebrew was known by learned people, but the language which the
Son of God learned from His blessed mother and His foster father was
Aramaic, and He spoke the Galilean dialect of that language. From a
few words preserved in the