When was the New Testament Written?

When was the New Testament written? It's taken a long time for scholars to figure it out, since the books in the NT were not written in the same order in which they appear. In this video, we explain what order each book was written, and how we know. This video is good for Sunday Schools and general interest viewers, and it is safe for children. Feel free to use. Please go to our website to contact us if you have comments or questions.

Produced by Lawrence Park Community Church in Toronto, Canada. Written and created by Rev. Stephen Milton. www.lawrenceparkchurch.ca

Sources for facts:

When were the Gospels Written?:
Bart D Ehrman, The New Testament and other Early Christian writings, ( Oxford University Press 1998):
Matthew written 80-85 CE: p.9
Mark written before fall of Temple in 70 CE., may have known Peter : p. 40.
Luke written 80-85 CE: p. 60.
John written 90-95 CE: 92.

Fire in Rome in 64:
Justo L. Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, V.1, (Harper Collins, 2010), 44-5.

When was the Book of Acts written?
Two views:
Before Luke,:
because there is no mention of persecution in Rome when Paul goes there:
https://bible.org/article/introduction-book-acts
https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Acts-Apostles

After Luke:
The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha. Michael D. Coogan, Ed. (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Acts written sometime after Luke's Gospel, so 85-95.

When were Paul's Letters Written?
Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament, 2nd ed. ( Oxford University Press, 2000),262

Paul's letters written 50s and 60s: p. 44 ( timeline).
Some Letters Attributed to Paul: p. 262

When were John's epistles written?
https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/encyclopedia-of-the-bible/Epistles-John
87 CE or later.

When was the Book Of Revelation Written?
The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised and Updated, Ed. Harold W. Attridge, Harper One:New York, 2006), p. 2087
Revelation written around the year 100, perhaps a bit later.

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