When was the New Testament written?

[B-A-C]

Have you ever looked at the foot-notes in your Bible? Have you ever studied the Bible as a book. Have you ever considered when the new testament was written.

Jesus lived to be 33. But He died (and was resurrected) in the year 1. It was like time started over when Jesus was resurrected.
But this is important when studying the Bible as well.

For example .. Acts 19 says ...

Acts 19:1; It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

...while Apollos was at Corinth. Well when did that happen?

Apollos is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians, 1 Cor 1:12; 1 Cor 3:4-6; 1 Cor 3:22; 1 Cor 4:6; 1 Cor 16:12;

..as well as in Titus 3:13;

It is generally accepted by almost all Bible scholars that Paul and Apollos were in Corinth somewhere around 50 AD.
That isn't 20 years after Jesus died. That is 50 years!

In fact, the book of 1 Corinthians, is generally taken as written somewhere around 55 AD.
That means (that at least part of) the book of Acts was written even after this. Possibly 55-60AD.
The book of Acts is mostly attributed to Luke, the same Luke who wrote the gospel of Luke (He was not an apostle).

So for example... some people say the book of Acts was a "temporary/transitional" book for things to settle down
after Jesus was resurrected. Well likely the events of Acts chapters 1 & 2, happened pretty quickly after Jesus ascended.
But by the time we get to Acts 19. It was 50 years later. That's half a century.
That's a pretty long time to call something temporarily transitional.

The Book of Mark was written around 70 AD.
The book of Revelation was around 90 AD.
James was between 40 and 50 AD.

These are just a few examples, you can google this stuff. But the point is... most of the new testament was written decades after Jesus ascended back to heaven.
Some of was even written 80 or 90 years later.

 

[Hekuran]

Jesus's birth, not death, is the reference point for our calendar system. So if the gospel of Mark was written in 70ad, it describes events 40 years before ( within living memory ).

 

[Christ4Ever]

It's like Abraham Lincoln said Brother "You can't believe everything you read on the internet". :smile:

Today the international standard is to designate years based on a traditional reckoning of the year Jesus was born — the “A.D.” and "B.C." system. "A.D." stands for anno domini, Latin for “in the year of the lord,” and refers specifically to the birth of Jesus Christ. "B.C." stands for "before Christ."

So, in reality the 63-70 AD on the Book of Acts is only 30 - 40 years after the death of our Lord. Well within the lifetime of those who knew our Lord's Earthly Ministry, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension. We can see that in 1 Corinthians which some place at being written about 55 AD (About 25 years after our Lord's death). I mention 1 Corinthians, because in chapter 15 v3-8, Paul uses the point of there still being those who are still alive as confirmation of a resurrected Christ. Add an additional 30 years to the lives of those talked about in the below verse, I don't believe the phrase "greater part remain" would have been used for those still alive.

[1Co 15:3-8 KJV] 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

I don't know how this affects what you've written as far as refuting the Book of Acts being a "temporary/transitional" book or not.....

 

[B-A-C]

@Hekuran @Christ4Ever , I stand corrected. I was wrong. My apologies.

Still, the other time lines I hold to be more or less accurate.