New Testament

noun

: the second part of the Christian Bible comprising the canonical Gospels and Epistles and also the book of Acts and book of Revelation see Bible Table

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Three years after that, William Tyndale published his New Testament translation from the original Greek into English. Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026 Spencer, what New Testament book says that your crude campaign against the most destitute among us is holy? Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026 Yii-Jan Lin, a professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School and author of the book Immigration and Apocalypse, views the video as a calculated provocation. Jason Derose, NPR, 26 May 2026 In Germany, Luther’s New Testament was a catalyst for making the Saxon dialect the linguistic default, at least on the page. Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for New Testament

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14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of New Testament was in the 14th century

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New Testament

noun
: the second of the two chief divisions of the Christian Bible see bible

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