In this sermon Dr. Thiel goes over information related to the New Testament (NT) and answers questions many want to know. Are there really only 27 books of the NT? Was the New Testament predicted in the Old Testament? Was the New Testament intended to be published? Could the New Testament been canonized in the first century A.D.? When were the New Testament books written? What about the role of Mark, Peter, Paul, and John? Were the four gospels known in the first or second century? Is Rylands P52 the oldest known NT manuscript? Is the Byzantine text more accurate than the Alexandrian text? Which is the 'Traditional Text'? What about the so-called Received Text (Textus Receptus)? Did Desiderius Erasmus make revisions to his 1516 text? Where did the Stephens 1550 text come from? Did the Apostle John lead the true Church of God from Ephesus? How do we know approximately when the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelation? How do we know approximately when the Apostle John died? Does the NT itself give clues on how it was put together?
A free online book of related interest is available titled "Who Gave the World the Bible? The Canon: Why do we have the books we now do in the Bible? Is the Bible complete?" URL: https://www.cogwriter.com/BibleCanon.pdf
