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The New Testament

Gospels, Apostolic Epistles, Early Church Expansion, and Apocalyptic Vision in the Jewish-Roman WorldBy Anonymous

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The New Testament is a foundational collection of twenty-seven writings that records, interprets, and extends the Christian proclamation concerning Jesus of Nazareth. Its diverse contents include four Gospels, the historical narrative of Acts, Pauline and other apostolic letters, and the visionary Apocalypse of John. Composed in Koine Greek across the first century and early second century, the work encompasses biography, parable, epistolary argument, pastoral instruction, apocalyptic symbolism, and liturgical confession. Read within the religious, political, and cultural worlds of Second Temple Judaism and the Roman Empire, it reveals the formation of early Christian communities while developing influential themes of covenant, salvation, discipleship, ethical transformation, and eschatological hope. Its varied voices and literary forms create a complex canonical unity rather than a single, uniform narrative. The designation "Anonymous" is especially appropriate, since the collection does not present itself as the work of one author. Its writings emerged from distinct communities and traditions, associated by later Christian practice with figures such as Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James, and Jude. The authors and editors drew upon oral testimony, inherited scriptures, communal worship, missionary experience, and urgent debates about identity and belief. Their work reflects the needs of communities negotiating continuity with Judaism, life within the Roman world, and the implications of faith in Christ. The New Testament deserves recommendation both as a sacred text and as a major work of world literature. It rewards careful comparison of its genres, voices, historical settings, and theological claims, while continuing to shape Western art, ethics, law, philosophy, and culture. Readers should approach it attentively, allowing its internal diversity and enduring questions to remain in productive conversation.

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1The New Testament

2TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, WITH CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SACRED BOOKS, AND IMPROVED DIVISIONS OF CHAPTERS AND VERSES

3PREFACE.

4THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

5THE EPISTLES OF PAUL.

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6THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES.

7THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTH OF CHRIST.

8THE INFANCY OF CHRIST.

9CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION.

10CHRIST COMMENCING HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.

11CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

12CHRIST'S MIRACLES, PREVIOUS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS TWELVE APOSTLES.

13THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.

14JOHN THE BAPTIST QUESTIONING CHRIST'S MESSIAHSHIP.

15CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF THE SABBATH.

16CHRIST'S MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO DEMONS. HIS RELATIONS.

17CHRIST'S PARABLES ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE.

18THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.—CHRIST FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.

19CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF JEWISH TRADITIONS, ETC.

20CHRIST REPLYING TO THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES, ETC.

21CHRIST TRANSFIGURED.—CURING A DEMONIAC, AND PAYING THE SACRED TRIBUTE.

22CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF GREATNESS.—OFFENSES AND THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

23CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, ETC.

24CHRIST CURING TWO BLIND MEN.—ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH, AND CURSING THE FIG TREE.

25CHRIST QUESTIONED BY THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS. THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD.

26THE PARABLE OF THE WEDDING, AND QUESTIONS OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES.

27CHRIST DENOUNCING THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.

28CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM.

29CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE PASCHAL AND LORD'S SUPPER, ETC.

30CHRIST IN GETHSEMANE, AND BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM.

31CHRIST BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE.

32CHRIST'S DEATH AND BURIAL.

33CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION.

34THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, HIS TEMPTATIONS, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS MINISTRY.

35CHRIST FORGIVING SINS, EATING WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS, AND HIS DOCTRINE OF FASTING, OF THE SABBATH, ETC.

36CHRIST CALLING THE TWELVE APOSTLES, THE CHARACTER OF HIS MIRACLES, ETC., AND HIS LOVE FOR HIS DISCIPLES.

37CHRIST'S PARABLES BY THE LAKE, AND HIS STILLING A TEMPEST.

38CHRIST CURING A DEMONIAC AND THE WOMAN WITH A HEMORRHAGE, AND RAISING A DEAD CHILD.

39CHRIST AT NAZARETH, SENDING OUT HIS TWELVE APOSTLES TO PREACH, THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE REPORT OF THE APOSTLES, FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.

40CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF DEFILEMENT; CURING A GENTILE DEMONIAC, AND A DEAF AND DUMB PERSON.

41CHRIST FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND, REFUSING TO GIVE A SIGN FROM HEAVEN, WARNING HIS DISCIPLES AGAINST THE PHARISEES, CURING A BLIND MAN, CALLING FORTH PETER'S CONFESSION, AND PREDICTING HIS OWN DEATH.

42CHRIST TRANSFIGURED, CURING A DEMONIAC, AGAIN PREDICTING HIS DEATH, THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS KINGDOM.

43CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN AND THE WAY OF SALVATION, HIS DEATH PREDICTED, AND SIGHT RESTORED TO BARTIMEUS.

44CHRIST ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH, CURSING THE BARREN FIG TREE, PURIFYING THE TEMPLE, INCULCATING FAITH IN GOD, AND REPLYING TO THE PHARISEES.

45CHRIST PREDICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE JEWISH COMMONWEALTH.

46CHRIST AT BETHANY, THE CONSPIRACY OF JUDAS, THE PASCHAL AND LORD'S SUPPER, ETC.

47CHRIST AT THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND IN GETHSEMANE.

48CHRIST BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM, AND BEFORE PILATE.

49CHRIST CRUCIFIED, HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION.

50AN ADDITION BY AN UNKNOWN WRITER.