Account of the Dates or Time of Writing the Books of the New Testament, 1812
Dates for New Testament books as found in a small, thick 12 month Bible printed by John Hagerty in 1812. This was the first Bible printed in Maryland.
Account of the Dates or Time of Writing the Books of the New Testament
| Years from the death of Christ | Years from the birth of Christ | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew’s Gospel | 6 | 39 |
| Mark’s Gospel | 10 | 43 |
| First Epistle of Peter | 19 | 52 |
| Paul’s 1st and 2nd Epistles to the Thessalonians | 19 | 52 |
| Luke’s Gospel | 23 | 56 |
| Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians | 23 | 56 |
| _____two Epistles to the Corinthians, | 24 | 57 |
| _____to the Philippians, to Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, and Hebrews | 29 | 62 |
| Acts of the Apostles by Luke | 30 | 63 |
| Paul’s two Epistles to Timothy, the one to Titus, and the 2d Epistle general of Peter | 30 | 63 |
| John in the Isle of Patmos, wrote the Revelation | 61 | 94 |
| _____Gospel, | 63 | 95 |
| _____three Epistles near the end of his life, | 65 | 98 |
| N.B. The times of writing the Epistle of James, and that of Jude not so certainly known, but supposed, | 33 | 66 |