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The New Testament books were all written after Christ's resurrection. It is a separate testament from the Old Testament. We can see looking back all the many hints given in the Old Testament of a new and better testament to come, but hind sight is 20 20, as it was in large part hidden from the people living in the time of the Old Testament. All of the books of the Old Testament were written 400 years before Christ and earlier. The New Testament, as the Old Testament are both completely inspired by God.
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What part of the Bible was added to the original Hebrew Bible by the Christians?
The Bible as is commonly held today had as its originating manuscripts languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The original Hebrew "Bible" was the Pentateuch, or what we refer to as the first five books of the Bible written by Moses, I.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Later Christian scholars added all of the Old Testament books, from Joshua through Malachi, and the New Testament books, from Matthew through Revelation.
What has the author Steve Moyise written?
Steve Moyise has written: 'Isaiah in the New Testament' 'The later New Testament writers and scripture' -- subject(s): Bible 'Paul and Scripture' -- subject(s): Relation to the Old Testament, Bible, Relation to the Epistles of Paul, Theology 'The later New Testament writings and Scripture' -- subject(s): Relation to the Old Testament, Criticism, interpretation, Bible, Relation to the New Testament 'Paul and Scripture' -- subject(s): Relation to Old Testament, Bible, Theology
What Bible did Jesus use?
Jesus made references to the books that were later combined into the "old testament"
Where did the Bible get translated into Greek?
The Greek Septuagint was the common Bible (Old Testament) in the time of Jesus. It was translated from the original Hebrew and Aramaic between the third and first centuries BC, in Alexandria. The Greek translators added passages and books of their own; these were later purged from Jewish Bibles. The New Testament was written in Greek, over the first two centuries AD/CE. _____ Here we must remember Greek was the language in which the bible was written , it was translated into other languages later on.
Is acts of the apostles in the New Testament?
The Act of Apostles is in the New Testament. It is actually the fifth book in the New Testament of the bible. It was first written in Greek, but it was later translated into other languages, including English.
Why is Acts 8:37 missing from some versions of the Bible?
Acts 8:37 is missing from some versions of the Bible because it is not found in the earliest and most reliable manuscripts of the New Testament. Scholars believe that it may have been added later by scribes for clarification or theological reasons.
Are BC dates before the Bible?
BC = Before (the birth of) Christ. Consequently the New Testament was written later (= AD), but the Old Testament hundreds of years earlier (= BC).
Were there books of the Catholic Bible added in and taken out by the Protestants?
The New Testament used by the protestants is the same New Testament that the Christian Church has always used. The Christian Church has always used the same Old Testament that Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, used, which was the Septuagint: the Greek translation of the Old Testament Bible made in the fourth century before Christ and used by most of the Jews in the first century A.D. The Jews who did not accept Jesus as the promised Messiah, in the second century removed the Deuterocanoical books from their Bible as they supported specifically Christian teachings, and are referred to numerous times in the New Testament. Martin Luther fourteen centuries later, when he was making up his own religion, removed these same books on the grounds that the Jews had. The Catholic Church indeed added in many books to the Bible, they are called the New Testament today by all Christians. The only subtractions or additions since then has been Martin Luther mutilating the Old Testament scriptures and adding words to the New Testament to support his novel teachings.
Who wrote the greek edition to the bible?
God sovereignly chose to have His Word written in Hebrew (the Old Testament) and Greek (the New Testament). Ptolemy I created the famous Library of Alexandria. As legend has it, he asked the high priest in Jerusalem to loan him about 70 top scholars who would translate the five revered books of Moses into Greek. The result-the first Bible translation-became known as the Septuagint, meaning 70. Over the next hundred years or so, the rest of the Hebrew Bible was added. When New Testament writers later quoted the Old Testament, they quoted it from this Greek translation.
Who took the 7 Catholic books out of the Bible?
It was Martin Luther who removed the seven Deuterocanonical books from the Old Testament along with the Deuterocanonicals in the New Testament. The other protestant "reformers" disagree with Luther and put the Deuterocanicals back in the New Testament and returned the Deuterocanonicals to the Old Testament, although in a separate section. Later protestants, generations later, completely removed the Old Testament Deuterocanonicals.
Does the protestant Old Testament contain the same books as the Hebrew bible?
It depends on the denomination, but the general answer is No. Even if it has only the books present in the Jewish Bible, as opposed to some deuterocanonical books, it have extra chapters in some of the later books (like Daniel) and the order in a Protestant Old Testament will certainly be different than the Jewish Bible.
What happened to Matthew in the Bible?
In the Bible, Matthew was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus. He later wrote the Gospel of Matthew, which is one of the four Gospels in the New Testament. According to tradition, Matthew was martyred for his faith, but the exact details of his death are not recorded in the Bible.
