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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But it is governed by a board of trustees, most of whom are Nazarenes who advance the belief that the Old and New Testament contain all the truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
In the Bible's New Testament, Jesus Christ was said to have been resurrected three days after he was crucified by the Romans in A.D. 30.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2024
When the church was built and until the 1970s, Americans, regardless of religious beliefs, viewed the United States as a Christian country where civic and Old Testament and New Testament values mixed and supported each other.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
The Bible’s New Testament books were written by Christians around the first century A.D.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
The week’s great reads A farmer is tested like a figure from the Bible — Old Testament, New Testament, take your pick.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
This volume is preserved alongside Merrill’s New Testament at the Phillips Library.
—Robert Pushkar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
The widespread acceptance of angels shown in the AP-NORC poll makes sense to Susan Garrett, an angel expert and New Testament professor at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kentucky.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
The Old Testament is the world of adults; in Anderson’s cinematic New Testament, a child (or several) shall lead them.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
In the Bible's New Testament, Jesus Christ was said to have been resurrected three days after he was crucified by the Romans in A.D. 30.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2024
When the church was built and until the 1970s, Americans, regardless of religious beliefs, viewed the United States as a Christian country where civic and Old Testament and New Testament values mixed and supported each other.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
The Bible’s New Testament books were written by Christians around the first century A.D.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
The week’s great reads A farmer is tested like a figure from the Bible — Old Testament, New Testament, take your pick.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
This volume is preserved alongside Merrill’s New Testament at the Phillips Library.
—Robert Pushkar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
The widespread acceptance of angels shown in the AP-NORC poll makes sense to Susan Garrett, an angel expert and New Testament professor at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kentucky.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
The Old Testament is the world of adults; in Anderson’s cinematic New Testament, a child (or several) shall lead them.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
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14th century, in the meaning defined above
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New Testament
noun
: the second of the two chief divisions of the Bible see bible
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