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What the New Testament is About To describe what the New Testament is about To explain how the NT was written To reflect on how the NT is different from the OT Look at a Bible and find out... What are the 4 gospels in the New Testament? What else is in the New Testament?

True or False? Write out 4 true statements. 1.The New Testament is thicker than the Old Testament 2.The New Testament is about Jesus 3.The New Testament was written by Jesus 4.The New Testament was written by Jews, who believed in Jesus 5.Some of the New Testament is letters written by St Paul 6.Some of the New Testament is letters written by the Apostles Peter, James and John 7.The New Testament is part of the Bible mostly read by Jews 8.The New Testament we have now is different from the one written 2000 years ago. **Why is the New Testament the same as 2000 years ago? Are there any ways it could be different?

Give 4 facts about the New Testament

Test your partner to see if they can tell you where in the gospel your quote comes from…beginning, middle or end? Look up one of the gospels. Choose & write out 3 quotes from 1.Near the beginning – what was happening? 2.from the end, when Jesus went to his death – what happened?. 3. The middle - one of Jesus’ teachings. Explain what this teaching means **Why did Jesus’ first disciples want to write down the story of Jesus?

1.The beginning of the Good News, of Jesus Christ, Son of God 2.I, James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 12 tribes abroad: Greetings. 3.I, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus 4.I, Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith as precious as ours.. Find out, which books of the New Testament the opening sentences come from. (the possible answers are given below – some are duds!) 1.Write out the sentence and where it comes from (the bible reference). **Why do you think the Apostles wrote letters? a.The Letter of James b.The Gospel of Mark c.The Gospel of Luke d.The 1 st Letter of Peter e.The 2 nd Letter of Peter f.1 st Letter of Paul to the Corinthians g.Letter of Paul to the Ephesians

3 facts you learns about what is in the New Testament today