New Testament
1New Testament — • Jesus Christ uses the words new testament as meaning the alliance established by Himself between God and the world, and this is called new as opposed to that of which Moses was the mediator Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. New… …
2NEW TESTAMENT — (Gr. ὴ καινὴ διαθήκη), the Christian Holy Scriptures (other than the Hebrew Bible and the Apocrypha). Content The New Testament (NT) is the usual name for a collection of 27 ancient Greek books concerning Jesus of Nazareth and his earliest… …
3New testament — New New (n[=u]), a. [Compar. {Newer} (n[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael.… …
4New Testament — n the New Testament the part of the Bible which describes the life of Jesus Christ and what he taught, and the life of the first Christians →↑Gospel, Old Testament ↑Old Testament …
5New Testament — ► NOUN ▪ the second part of the Christian Bible, recording the life and teachings of Christ and his earliest followers …
6New Testament — n. 1. Christian Theol. the promises of God to man that are embodied in the life and teachings of Jesus 2. the part of the Christian Bible that tells of the life and teachings of Jesus and his followers, including the four Gospels, the Acts of the …
7New Testament — This article is about part of the Christian Bible. For the theological concept, see New Covenant. Books of the New Testament …
8New Testament — 1. the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine. See table under Bible. 2. the covenant between… …
9New Testament — noun the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ s death; the second half of the Christian Bible (Freq. 2) • Members of this Topic: ↑parable, ↑Ascension …
10New Testament — noun the New Testament the part of the Bible which includes the four Gospels describing the life of Jesus Christ and what he taught compare Old Testament …
