Bible Stories - New Testament

With Paul  and road to Damascus this was my 80th of 2020

In almost all Christian traditions today, the New Testament consists of 27 books:

4 Canonical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)

The Acts of the Apostles

14 Epistles of Paul

7 General Epistles, and

The Book of Revelation.

The Gospel of Matthew, ascribed to the Apostle Matthew. This gospel begins with a genealogy of Jesus and a story of his birth that includes a visit from magi and a flight into Egypt, and it ends with the commissioning of the disciples by the resurrected Jesus.

The Gospel of Mark, ascribed to Mark the Evangelist. This gospel begins with the preaching of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus. Two different secondary endings were affixed to this gospel in the 2nd century.

The Gospel of Luke, ascribed to Luke the Evangelist, who was not one of the Twelve Apostles, but was mentioned as a companion of the Apostle Paul and as a physician. This gospel begins with parallel stories of the birth and childhood of John the Baptist and Jesus and ends with appearances of the resurrected Jesus and his ascension into heaven.

The Gospel of John, ascribed to John the Evangelist. This gospel begins with a philosophical prologue and ends with appearances of the resurrected Jesus. A little different from the other three, this has more of the various miracles performed by Jesus. 

Then we have acts, continuation of the Gospel of Luke, with the message that the Christian faith was the fulfilment of the Jewish religion. 

The epistles of the New Testament are considered by Christians to be divinely inspired and holy letters, written by the apostles and disciples of Christ, to either local congregations with specific needs, or to New Covenant Christians in general, scattered about; or "catholic epistles."

Pauls letter to prepare the way for a visit planned to various churches which include:

Romans , Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians

Pauls visit to various people: Timothy, Titus, Philemon

Then there are epistles from:

James, Peter, John and Jude

Finally Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse of John.

What better time to go through this, than during Christmas!