New Testament Writings

49 AD — 100 AD

The period during which the 27 books of the New Testament were composed — from Paul's earliest epistles (~AD 49) through John's Revelation (~AD 95). These writings became the authoritative Scripture of the Christian church.

Key Events

John Writes Revelation

~AD 95

The apostle John, exiled on the island of Patmos, receives a dramatic apocalyptic vision of Christ's ultimate triumph over evil, the final judgment, and the new heaven and new earth. The Bible's climactic book.