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FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN JESUS M. M. NINAN The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine, Eusebius of Caesarea (c. AD 263 – 339) the church historian says: c. AD 263 – 339 (Eusebius records that after Peter first went to Rome, and preached the gospel there, that the people were so enthusiastic that they wanted a written record of the gospel he preached.) "So brightly shone the light of true religion on the minds of Peter's hearers that, not satisfied with a single hearing or with the oral teaching of the divine message, they resorted to appeals of every kind to induce Mark (whose gospel we have), as he was a follower of Peter, to leave them in writing a summary of the instruction they had received by word of mouth, nor did they let him go until they had persuaded him, and thus became responsible for the writing of what is known as the Gospel according to Mark". (Indicating that Mark was written in Greek for the Romans), Eusebius "Matthew published a written gospel for the Hebrews in Rome and founding the church there. After their passing, Mark also, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, transmitted to us in writing the things preached by Peter. Luke, the follower of Paul, set down in a book the gospel 28
FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN JESUS M. M. NINAN preached by him. Lastly, John, the disciple of the Lord, who had leant back on His breast, once more set forth the gospel, while residing at Ephesus in Asia" Eusebius. A few homely quotes from Christ in the Gospels, such as Mk 5:41 and Mk 15:34, are preserved in the original Aramaic. Some modern scholars think that Matthew may have originally been written in Aramaic as indicated by Eusebius. But, as for the rest of the New Testament, most scholars are unanimous in thinking that it was written almost entirely in Greek. "The language in which the New Testament documents have been preserved is the 'common Greek' (koine), which was the lingua franca of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean lands in Roman times" New Bible Dictionary Scholars like Biblical archaeologist William Albright estimate the entire New Testament to have been originally composed between 40 and 80 A.D and remained in fragments as separate books. They were compiled together into one whole much later. This was probably done only by AD 350 after Christianity came out of the persecution. Codex Sinaiticus: the world's oldest Bible After Christianity became legal in 313 A.D., it was usual for book manufacturers, or scriptoria, to produce copies of the New Testament. In 331 A.D., for example, the Christian Emperor Constantine ordered fifty parchment Bibles for the churches in Constantinople. Thus in the Codex Sinaiticus , we have a complete Greek manuscript copy of the New Testament in uncial 29
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