Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The Time Line of the New Testament

I have been trying to create an accurate list of dates for the New Testament, and have been working on this for some time. If anyone has any new dates/better dates/ more information about the apostles, their authorship of the GOSPELS, and/or anything else that would make my research more fruitful, PLEASE post a response. I really want to get this RIGHT~
thank you!

5-8 BCE Jesus Born
30 CE Jesus Crucified

(It was recorded in Matthew that Jesus named Peter the new head of the Church prior to the last supper. This is ironic only if Matthew is based on the book of Mark, which has been agreed was written by a follower of PETER as he established the Christian Church of ROME in 65 CE, so, who really reported that 'fact'?)

31 CE- Paul begins ministry in Damascus
42-44 CE/AD- James (brother of Jesus) runs the CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JERUSALEM
43 CE- (August 15th) Mary, mother of Jesus Died

44-67 CE- CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JERUSALEM, CORINTH, ROME ALL CREATED (by Peter, Paul, John)

49-50 CE- Paul wrote (epistles) to Thessalonians ..........19 years after Death of Jesus
51 CE- Paul wrote epistle to Galatians...................................................21 years
55 CE- Paul wrote Corinthians................................................................25 years after
57-75 CE- Gospel of Mark (first gospel written)........................................40 years after (authorship attributed to "MARK", who was a follower of Peter when Peter and Paul were establishing the church in Rome who wrote down what Peter preached in Rome, not an apostle of Jesus during his earthly ministry)
60 CE- Paul wrote Romans.....................................................................30 years after
60 CE- Luke wrote Acts and Luke 30 years after
(Luke was not a follower of Christ in Jesus' time, based on Mark, one of Paul's followers which is why Paul is said to author ACTS)

60 CE-1 Peter written..............................................................................30 years after
62 CE- Paul wrote 1Timothy.............................................................. 32 years after
62 CE- Epistle of James written (brother of Jesus) and James dies
64 CE- Paul said to have written Galatians, Philippians, Hebrews I, Hebrews II......34 years after
67 CE- Paul wrote 2Timothy....................................................................37 years after
67 CE- PAUL and PETER died
75-85 CE- Matthew (unknown author, first titled, "The gospel according to Matthew").......40-65 years after Jesus death
70 CE- Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans
70 CE- John became pastor to the Church in Ephesus.
While in Ephesus, by order of the Roman emperor Domitian, John was exiled to an island called Patmos. In what is known as the cave of the Apocalypse (located on this island), the sacred text of the book of Revelation was given to the apostle John by Jesus (it is here that John recorded what is written in the New Testament book of Revelation.) In other words, Jesus appeared to John and showed him the text of Revelation??

85-95 CE-Gospel of Luke and book of Acts written (Luke and Acts by same author, suggested to be Paul).............65 years after

95 CE - Revelations written
(authored by either John the apostle or John of Patmos)...........65 years after

95 CE- Gospel of John (written by the apostle John)..........................65 years after
98-100 CE- last living apostle, John died
(Mormons believe John was translated, or made immortal so that he could live on earth until Jesus' 2nd coming)

When John was evidently an old man in Ephesus, he had to be carried to the church in the arms of his disciples. At these meetings, he was accustomed to say no more than, "Little children, love one another!" After a time, the disciples wearied at always hearing the same words, asked, "Master, why do you always say this?" "It is the Lord's command," was his reply. "And if this alone be done, it is enough!"

190 CE- Christian council established the official date and observance of Easter......160 years after the death of Jesus
1380 CE- first English translation of the bible (from Hebrew)- 1,350 after the death of Jesus
1886 CE- gospel of Peter (AD 64) discovered and included in the scriptures.
1945 CE- Gospel of Thomas discovered (not a narrative account of Jesus--forged author?--Not written until after 92-100 CE. Many don't accept)

2 comments:

mikensi said...

you amaze me. i have no other comment. some ex-missionary, huh? ;) but, i do love you and love your desire to learn!

tolman said...

in the 80s the church was given a award for helping tha cause of the "bible" in its new form of the king james bible which added much to help the reader learn one such thing was the new Bible Dictionary which has a "Chronological Tables" and "Harmony of the Gospels" which i find very helpfull , these can be found in any lds version of the bible