Divisions Of The New Testament

DIVISIONS OF THE

NEW TESTAMENT

NEW TESTAMENT DIVISIONS
CHAPTER 13

Divisons of the New Testament

The general divisions of the New Testament are well known. The 4 Gospels are biographical; Acts of the Apostles is historical; the Epistles, equally their name indications, are epistolary, and the Revelation, or the Apocalypse as scholars by and large prefer to manner it, is descriptive and prophetic.

The Gospels do non pretend to requite a consummate biography of Christ, but simply a few such facts in his career as serve to establish his merits to exist the Christ the Son of God; and a few specimens of his teaching and his predictions. One of them declares the kickoff to be its purpose (John 20:31), and the contents of the others show that the same is true of them. John also shows the fragmentary character of his narrative by saying, in hyperbolical terms, that if all that Jesus did should exist written, he supposes that the world itself could non contain the books that would be written. (John 21:25.)

The volume of Acts is a general history of the church for about 30 years from its beginning; the Epistles are communications from certain of the Apostles, that is, from Paul, James, Peter, Jude, and John, all addressed to churches or to individual Christians; and the Apocalypse sets forth in the chief the destiny of the church.

Questions on Affiliate 13
1. What are the divisions of the New Testament?
2. How many books in each? (Run into introduction.)
3. What are the characteristics of (ane) the Gospels, (2) Acts, (3) the Epistles?

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