On my audio NIV Bible, Matthew (spoken aloud at a reader's pace), comes in at 2 hours 23 minutes, Mark at 1 hour 28 minutes, Luke at 2 hours 26 minutes, and John at around 2 hours. Therefore combined, depending on your pace of course, they would take roughly 497 minutes (Just over 8 hours). Hope that helps!
Read the Gospels to them.
being read aloud
I would assume it is the ability to read aloud well.
who gathered in crowds to hear the Declaration of Independence read aloud
Reading the Bible isn't a race and if time is a factor, one should wait until they have more of it. The four Gospels could easily be read in a day by many and an hour by some. It depends on the reader.
The homophone of allowed is aloud.
Yes, when you read vr aloud you can shorten it to v of r.
Yes, when you read Fx aloud can you can shorten it to F of x.
It isn't read aloud in the Senate.
The Bible was written for the uneducated and meant to be read aloud. It was more than likely first written in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke when he taught and later it would be translated in Greek and Latin.
Yes, when you read vr aloud you can shorten it to v of r.
Yes, when you read vr aloud you can shorten it to v of r.