When was the new testament written?

Question

when was the new testament put out in book stores.

Answer 1

As you can see from the answers above,nobody knows for sure

Answer 2

It wasn't written in one go.

The first part to be written was Paul's letters in the first generation after Jesus (but be careful - not all are now believed to be by Paul) and then the Acts of the Apostles. The four gospels were written from 50 to 100 years after Jesus. The first was Mark and the last was John. All the gospels are based on an earlier version which is now lost to us, and which probably started as a 'word of mouth' set of stories.

I don't know when Revelation was written but it was probably quite a lot after the rest of it.

Also, there are lots of gospels which were written at different times but didn't make it into the NT - some say The Vatican has over 50 of them locked away. The New Testament itself wasn't put together until long after Jesus, probably at least 200 years.

Answer 3

Right after the Old Testament ends. They wrote 'The End' in the Old Testament, but there was more to the story. So they said, 'Oh sh*t! Now what are we gonna do?'

And some smart apostle or something said, 'Get this: How about we start a NEW Testament?' And they were all like, 'Dude, that's genius.'

And there you go. So it's not like The New Testament, really. It's more like, 'The Old Testament, Part 2: This time, it's biblical'.

Answer 4

It is almost beyond belief that some people would think it was written right after the death of Jesus. People! PLEASE MAKE USE OF THE MONEY SPENT OF YOUR EDUCATION!!!!
(The people who said thee earliest possible texts were at least 40 to 70 AD are correct, but that's some of the texts, and for most we have no idea who wrote them. And indeed what you know as the "New Testament" was compiled around 325 AD - by the Romans.

Answer 5

Bibles were reserved for Nobles until the Reformation in the early 1500s at which time, Martin Luther translated the Latin into German and set the translation to the first printing presses. He was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for his troubles which meant he was sentenced to death. However the soldiers of the Catholic Church could never find him, and he died of old age still living in the town he grew up in and married. The Bibles thus translated were always in demand and never made it to a sellers book shelve. So perhaps after printing presses became automated, there was a surplus?

Answer 6

The gospel of Matthew is documented to have been written about 41 C.E first in Hebrew then in Greek ( Matthew was an eye witness of Jesus ministry) and 3 John was finished about 98 C.E. by Apostle John. These books were finished and already being used and dicussed by use of the codex ( similar to todays book form as opposed to scroll form) by the 2nd century C.E

Answer 7

The New Testament was completed about 150 AD. It became easily accessible and and fairly inexpensive in the twentieth century.

Answer 8

CE 325 was the year of its compilation. That was when it was decided what would be in the New Testament and what would be taken out.

Answer 9

Some time after 1 AD.

Answer 10

Later in the first century.

Long after Mathew mark Luke and John were dead and buried.

Funny how they wrote these gospels after they were dead isn't it.

Love and blessings Don