The second part of the Christian Biblical canon, dealing with the life of Jesus and the teachings and history of the early church. Could also refer to the new covenant.
Use this tag for questions about the New Testament writings in general.
Questions tagged [new-testament]
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Verse that mention Jesus eating meat?
My wife asked me this question last night, and I didn’t know the answer, so I thought I would ask it here.
The question: Besides fish, is there any passage in the Gospels that directly mentions Jesus eating meat?
My assumption is that He would have…
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Who is the young man mentioned in Mark 14:51?
In Mark 14:51-52, there is this reference to a man:
51 A young man, wearing only a linen cloth, was following Jesus, and the people also grabbed him. 52 But the cloth he was wearing came off, and he ran away naked.
Who is this guy? Why is he…
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Hebrew New Testament with cantillation marks
Hebrew manuscripts of the Hebrew Tanakh feature taʿamim or “cantillation marks” incorporated by the Masoretes.
Are there any Hebrew translations of the New Testament that feature cantillation marks?
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What is the context of the "unequally yoked" passage?
2 Corinthians 6:14 is the well known "unequally yoked" passage. While the common interpretation is that it is about marriage, the heading translators added in NIV is "Warning against Idolatry", and there was nothing about marriage.
Was it ever…
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Does the Gospel imply that the victim in the Good Samaritan parable was a thief himself?
The priest at our parish preached a twist on this parable this sunday.
The verse Luke 10:30 being (KJV)
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment,
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According to the Bible, how should Christian clergy be compensated for their services?
In Mark 6, we read, in part:
Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7 Calling the
Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them
authority over impure spirits.
8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for…
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Who were the eyewitnesses mentioned by name who were still living to the audience of the book/letter in question?
My wife and I are wracking our Brains, and we cannot remember where the reference is or who the reference is about, but there is somewhere in the New Testament that mentions people who were eyewitnesses of Jesus and that they were still among the…
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From the literal perspective, the truth whispered in the ear, are we literally to proclaim that truth from the roofs?
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. (Matt 10:27 NIV)
--> THIS IS THE QUESTION: From the literal perspective, the truth whispered in the ear, are we literally to proclaim that…
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Why are the books of Matthew and Mark almost identically written?
I'm reading the New Testament and have noticed Matthew and Mark are almost the same. Why is this?
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How might one categorize all of the books of the New Testament by theme?
I've recently been researching the various ways the New Testament has been categorized by scholars. The obvious example is a grouping based on genre, with categories such as biography, historical, epistolary, and apocalyptic.
I've also been made…
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Why doesn't the Gospel of Peter, who was given the keys to the kingdom of heaven, lead the new testament?
St Peter was the first to recognise Jesus as Lord. He was the only desciple to be given the keys to the kingdom of heaven. 1 Chorinthians 15:5 says that the resurrected christ came to him first and not to the others. He was the first Bishop of Rome…
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