Exact Year for All 27 Books

Exact Year for All 27 N.T. Books

A. Introduction

There is internal evidence—found in the official Bible itself—which dates the exact year (of completion, if written during more than one year): for every single one of the 27 books, in the New Testament (NT).

NOTE: This page is under construction. Even when the initial version is done, it will be a work in progress; more evidences will be added, from time to time, over the following weeks and months (maybe even years).

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A-1. Outline

A. Introduction
A-1. Outline
A-2. Methods for Finding Each Year

B. Four Early Books (AD 31 – 37)
B-1. The Gospel of Matthew (AD 31)
B-2. The Epistle of James (AD 35)
B-3. The Gospel of Mark (AD 35)
B-4. The Book of Hebrews (AD 37)

C. Thessalonica and Corinth (AD 53 – 60)
C-1. First and Second Thessalonians (AD 53)
C-2. First and Second Corinthians (AD 59)
C-3. Letter to the Romans (AD 60)
C-4. Letter to the Galatians (AD 60)

D. Two Books to Theophilus (AD 60, 62)
D-1. The Gospel of Luke (AD 60)
D-2. The Book of Acts (AD 62)

E. Four Prison Letters (AD 63)
E-1. Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon (AD 63)
E-2. Letter to the Philippians (AD 63)

F. Ten Final Books (AD 65,66)
F-1. Letters to Titus and Timothy (AD 65,66)
F-2. Four Books by John (AD 66)
F-3. First and Second Peter (AD 66)
F-4. The Epistle of Jude (AD 66)

G. The Apocalyptic Visions (AD 96)

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A-2. Methods for Finding Each Year

The first and most important method, for finding each year (for all 27 NT books): is to realize, accept, and act upon the reality that God is NOT an ignorant fool.  The Babel Skeptics do treat God, as if He is a helpless fool—or else they treat Him as if He doesn’t even exist, at all; sadly, many relatively conservative scholars don’t do a whole lot better.

But if indeed God does exist, and He does, then we know that He has foreseen all the attacks on the Bible; so He put all the information necessary, into the Bible, in order to thoroughly refute these attacks.  And this certainly includes the dating of the gospels, and other NT books; Babel Skeptics try to put decades of time, between the resurrection and the first gospel (supposedly Mark): and this paves the way, for their claim that the resurrection—and other details—were invented over the decades (and therefore are not reliable).

Another very important method, for dating all the NT books, is four main anchor years—each of which had one gospel, and at least one resurrection: Jesus (AD 31), Dorcas (AD 35), Eutychus (AD 60), and a mystery case, details coming later (AD 66: the 30th Jubilee, see link below).  Once you have these four anchor years: it is relatively easy to place all the other books—because they are all within a few years, of these anchors, except Thessalonians and Revelation (which is itself another anchor year, but without any resurrection or gospel in that year).  But how can we know the exact year, for these four anchors?  The answer to this, is long and detailed; but much of that information is already available, see the links below.

Advantages of Biblical CHRonology: https://7grails.world/7-symbolic/chr/abc/

Absolutely Best Crucifixion Date: https://7grails.world/7-symbolic/chr/abcd/

Jesus Dated All 27 N.T. Books: https://7grails.world/babel/dated-27/

Revelation, Written in September AD 96: https://7grails.world/babel/dated-27/ad96/

The 70th Jubilee Is 2025-2026: https://7grails.world/7-symbolic/chr/70jubilee/

Additionally, the NT books all contain internal clues—including, but not limited to, the timing of events in the book of Acts; these things help to align the exact years, for each book, along with some records from ancient history (such as the fire in Rome, AD 64).  Last, but not least: there are divinely planned clues—hidden in the arrangement of the NT canon, as well as various numbers (found within some of the NT books).  These are actually some of the clearest ways, to nail down the exact years; yet the Babel Skeptics would never imagine any such evidence, as this (and even the conservative scholars, have overlooked these divine clues).

It should be pointed out: that man had his own ideas, for the canon arrangement (based on literary genre, and length of the books); but this doesn’t change the fact, that God ultimately made sure the arrangement fit His own plans.  With many of the books, the arrangement is chronological—such as the four gospels, were written in order: Matthew (AD 31), Mark (AD 35), Luke (AD 60), and John (AD 66); whenever the books are not in chronological order, it’s because something else takes the precedence (such as the authors of the books, or other people connections, etc).

B. Four Early Books (AD 31 – 37)

Two of the four gospels, Matthew and Mark, were written very soon after the resurrection; and this flies in the face of the Babel Skeptical attacks—on the existence of God, and the reliability of the Bible (see A-2). Two other NT books, James and Hebrews, were also written very early.

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B-1. The Gospel of Matthew (AD 31)

Widely considered the second gospel (or third), in modern times: yet this is actually the first gospel, and first book of the entire NT (written first, and located first; Revelation was written last, and located last).  The false idea that Mark was first, comes from the Babel Skeptics; they claim that Matthew copied Mark, which proves the sequence.  God foresaw this foolishness; so He gave an example—with 2 Peter chapter 2, and Jude—that God is capable of inspiring similar things, without the writers copying each other (see F-4).

Exactly WHY would Matthew even wait a few years, much less decades, to write his gospel?  The only answer is: to make the Babel Skeptics happy, who claim that Matthew is not author; someone anonymous wrote it—someone who was not an eyewitness to the resurrection, etc (and the author wrote based on copying Mark, plus adding his own imaginary inventions).  But those who trust God, need NOT FALL for such lame circular reasoning (the Bible was written by fake authors, so the resurrection never happened, so God doesn’t exist, so the Bible is unreliable, so the authors were fake, now repeat the circle).

Ancient History: “The early patristic scholars regarded Matthew as the earliest of the gospels and placed it first in the canon …” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew).

Internal Events: The resurrected saints, mentioned only in Matthew, places this gospel in AD 31 (see 27:52,53).

Divine Arrangement: Matthew was placed first, by God’s plan, because it was written first.

God’s Numbers: Matthew does record the sower parable—with 30, 60, and 100 (13:8,23)—which is just one of several ways, to place this gospel in the 30’s.  Also, 31 (Matthew) plus 35 (Mark) equals 66, the number of books in the Bible (https://7grails.world/babel/66books/); and 31 (Matthew) to 96 (Revelation) is also 66 years, inclusive (https://7grails.world/babel/dated-27/ad96/).

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B-2. The Epistle of James (AD 35)

Although written in the same year as Mark, yet the epistle of James precedes Mark (more details yet to come).

Ancient History: “The historiographic debate currently seems to be leaning to the side of those in favor of early dating [before the death of James] …” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_of_James#Dating_and_surviving_manuscripts).

Internal Events: “James … to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.” (1:1). This fits very well with AD 35, just a few years after the ascension, when Jewish converts “were all scattered abroad” (Acts 8:1)—because of persecution, such as the stoning of Stephen (see Acts 7:59,60).

Divine Arrangement: James is the first book—in the set of seven short books (James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1 & 2 & 3 John, Jude)—because James was written first, out of those seven books; James is also right beside Hebrews, because these two books were written within two years of each other (35 – 37).

God’s Numbers: The book of James mentions “a year” (4:13); plus “three years and six months” (5:17)—add these to the spring of AD 31 (death, resurrection, and Matthew’s gospel after Pentecost): and you are in the fall of AD 35. This does not necessarily give the precise day, or even month, for when James was written; but it does place the epistle solidly in the correct year, AD 35. Additionally, 35 (James) plus 65 (Titus) equals 100, similar to 37 (Hebrews) plus 63 (Philemon) equals 100—no other years, in the NT list, add up to 100 (and these four books are arranged together); so these are some of the number verifications, from the sower parable (https://7grails.world/babel/dated-27/ad96/).

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B-3. The Gospel of Mark (AD 35)

Mark waited a few years, after the resurrection, to write his gospel; this is because he was only a young teenager, in AD 31 (resurrection year). Four years later, AD 35, he was a young adult; and then he was prepared, to write this gospel. There is no other valid reason, for waiting even four years; yet the Babel Skeptics date this gospel, about thirty to forty years after Christ!

Ancient History: If Mark is supposedly the earliest gospel, then the Babel Skeptics should not complain about a very early date: AD 35!

Internal Events: The resurrection of Dorcas, on November 8, AD 35 (https://7grails.world/babel/dated-27/).

Divine Arrangement: Mark is the second gospel in placement, because it was the second gospel written.

God’s Numbers: Mark also recorded the sower parable—with 30, 60, and 100 (4:8,20)—which is just one of several ways, to place this gospel in the 30’s. Also, Mark has only one chapter, with exactly 35 verses; and this verse happened on the same day, that Jesus told the sower parable (see 3:35; 4:1-35; Matthew 12:46-50; 13:1-53). Finally, 31 (Matthew) plus 35 (Mark) equals 66, the number of books in the Bible (https://7grails.world/babel/66books/).

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B-4. The Book of Hebrews (AD 37)

Dating this book correctly, depends very heavily on getting the correct author—which, especially in modern times—scholars are less and less certain about. However, there is a flood of evidence, about the correct author: so much so, that it will take an entire different webpage, to cover it (not available yet; the link to it will be here, when it is done).

Ancient History: “Early Christians and modern scholars alike widely hold that the letter was written before the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem Temple in AD 70.” (Google AI).

Internal Events: “The use of tabernacle terminology in Hebrews has been used to date the epistle before the destruction of the temple …” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Hebrews#Date). “The text describes the Old Testament sacrificial rituals and the Levitical priesthood in the present tense (e.g., Hebrews 9:6-10 and 10:1-4). If the temple had already been destroyed, it is highly likely the author would have used this cataclysmic event as a defining argument that the Old Covenant had ended.” (Google AI).

Divine Arrangement: Hebrews is right beside James, because these two books were written within two years of each other (35 – 37).

God’s Numbers: 37 (Hebrews) plus 63 (Philemon) equals 100, similar to 35 (James) plus 65 (Titus) equals 100—no other years, in the NT list, add up to 100 (and these four books are arranged together); so these are some of the number verifications, from the sower parable (https://7grails.world/babel/dated-27/ad96/).

C. Thessalonica and Corinth (AD 53 – 60)

This section includes six letters, from the apostle Paul: two letters TO Thessalonica, and two letters TO Corinth; plus two more letters FROM Corinth (Romans and Galatians).

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C-1. First and Second Thessalonians (AD 53)

An interesting pattern that develops, as all the chronologies come together; each letter that is “First …” has the same year as the corresponding “Second …”; here are all eleven cases: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, AD 53; 1 & 2 Corinthians, AD 59; 1 & 2 Timothy, AD 66; 1 & 2 & 3 John, AD 66; 1 & 2 Peter, AD 66 (furthermore, the last seven are all in AD 66). This is one of many methods, that God used by providence, to help date all 27 of the NT books.

Ancient History:

Internal Events: Paul first came to Thessalonica, in the second half of AD 52 (to be fully documented later); after that he went to Berea, and on to Athens, before coming to Corinth—which is where he wrote these two letters (see Acts 17 & 18). Based on the travel times, of Silas and Timothy, it’s obvious that these letters were NOT written two years later (in AD 54). On the other hand: based upon several different deaths, in that church, it’s obvious that these letters were NOT written two weeks later—not still in AD 52 (see 1 Thessalonians 3:1,2; 4:13-18; etc). Letters were normally dispatched during good weather, so both of these two letters can be dated to AD 53 (after the winter of AD 52/53).

Divine Arrangement: Placed immediately after the prison letters (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians)—because Thessalonians (AD 53), until the prison letters (AD 63), is ten years (one decade).

God’s Numbers: First Thessalonians has 5 chapters, and Second Thessalonians has 3 chapters (representing AD 53).

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C-2. First and Second Corinthians (AD 59)