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APPENDIX.
The following material is added for convenient reference on the part of the reader. It is purely outline in character, treating in brief terms of subjects on which every Bible student desires hints. Much other material might have been added, but it was thought desirable to widen the bounds of this part of the book.--W.
I. EARLY TRANSLATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES.
II. TRANSLATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES INTO ENGLISH.
III. EXTRA CANONICAL BOOKS.
In addition to the books that have been generally recognized among Protestants as worthy of a place in the Canon, or collection of Sacred books, which taken as a whole makes up the Bible, there are certain other books which had their origin in the period beginning after the time of Malachi, and closing with the Christian century. They are called the apocryphal books of the Old Testament, and while regarded by the Roman Catholic Church as having a place in the Canon, and by many Protestants as containing much profitable reading, their value is clearly below that of the books included in our Canon. They are as follows:
I Maccabees.
II Maccabees. Judith. Tobit. Psalms of Solomon. Esdras. Baruch. Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom |
Prayer of the Three Children,
The Prayer of Manasseh. The Wisdom of Solomon. The Epistle of Jeremiah. [152] |
A similar class of literature grew up subsequently to the writings of the New Testament and connected with it. Among books of this class may be named the following:
IV. OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL.
The purpose of this outline is to give only the general features of the History of Israel and their dates as nearly as they can be ascertained.
V. LEADING PROPHETS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
The approximate dates at which they lived are as follows: Moses (1500 B. C.); Samuel (1050); Elijah (875); Elisha (850); Jonah (770); Amos (760); Hosea (740); Isaiah (725); Micah (715); Nahum (660); [154] Zephaniah (640); Habakkuk (610); Jeremiah (600); Obadiah (586); Ezekiel (585); Daniel (550); Haggai (525); Zechariah (525); Malachi (475); Joel (400?).
VI. IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST.
VII. OUTLINE OF THE JOURNEYS AND LABORS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.
1. | Preparation. |
(1) Birth and Early Life at Tarsus, Acts xxi: 39; xxii: 3. | |
(2) Education at Jerusalem, Acts xxii: 3. | |
(3) Saul the Persecutor,
Acts
viii: 1-3; xxii: 4; xxvi: 11; Gal. i: 13, 23; I Cor. xv:9; Phil. iii: 6;
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(4) The Conversion, Acts ix: 3-19; xx: 6-16; xxvi: 12-18. (35 A. D.) | |
(5) Arabia, Gal. i: 17. | |
(6) The return to Tarsus (38-43 A. D.) [156] | |
(a) Damascus,
Acts ix: 19-25.
(b) Jerusalem,
Acts ix: 26-30.
(c) Tarsus,
Gal. i: 21;
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2. | The First Period of Missionary Activity (44-51 A. D.) |
(1) Antioch the second center of Christianity, Acts ix: 19-26. | |
(2) Famine in Jerusalem, Relief from Antioch, Acts xi: 27-xii: 25. | |
(3) The First Missionary Journey, with Barnabas; Cyprus; Antioch of Pisidia;
Iconium; Lystra;
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(4) The Consultation at Jerusalem, Acts xv: 1-35. | |
3. | The Second Period of Missionary Activity (51-54 A. D.) |
(1) Separation of Paul and Barnabas, Acts xv: 36-40. | |
(2) The second Missionary Journey, with Silas; Galatia; Troas; Philippi;
Thessalonica; Berea;
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(3) Residence at Corinth, eighteen months, Acts xviii: 1-17. | |
(4) I Thessalonians and II Thessalonians written during this stay in Corinth (52-53 A. D.) | |
(5) Return to Antioch via Ephesus and Jerusalem, Acts xviii: 18-23. | |
4. | The Third Period of Missionary Activity (54-58 A. D.) |
(1) Return to Ephesus from Antioch, Acts xviii: 23-xix: 1. [157] | |
(2) Galatians written (c. 55 A. D.) | |
(3) Residence in Ephesus three years, Acts xix: 1-xx: 1. | |
(4) I Corinthians written (57 A. D.) | |
(5) Journey via Troas to Macedonia, Acts xx: 1, 2; II Cor. ii: 12, 13. | |
(6) II Corinthians written (57 A. D.) | |
(7) Second visit to Corinth, three months, Acts xx: 2, 3. | |
(8) Romans written at Corinth (57 or 58 A. D.) | |
(9) Return to Jerusalem via Troas, Miletus, Tyre, Caesarea, Acts xx: 3-xxi: 16. | |
5. | The Period of Imprisonment (58-63 A. D.) |
(1) Arrest in Jerusalem, Acts xxi: 17-23:35. (Pentecost, 58 A. D.) | |
(2) Imprisonment in Cæsarea, Acts xxiv: 1-xxvi: 32. (58-60 A. D.) | |
(3) The Voyage to Rome, Acts xxvii: 1-xxviii: 16. | |
(4) Imprisoned in Rome, Acts xxviii: 16-31. (61-63 A. D.) | |
(5) Epistles of the First Roman Imprisonment; Philippians,
Colossians, Philemon, Ephesians | |
6. | The Last Period; Conjectural (63-66 A. D.) |
(1) Probable release; Journey to Spain (?). | |
(2) Ephesus, Macedonia, Crete, Troas. | |
(3) I Timothy and Titus written. | |
(4) Second Arrest, and return to Rome. | |
(5) II Timothy written. | |
(6) Martyrdom. [158] |
VIII. CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
While no arrangement of these books can be made with absolute confidence, the following dates are sufficiently reliable to serve the purpose of the Bible student.
James, 50 A. D. | I Timothy, 65. |
I Thessalonians, 52-53. | Titus, 65. |
II Thessalonians, 52-53. | II Timothy, 66. |
Galatians, 55. | Mark, 66. |
I Corinthians, 57. | Matthew, 67. |
II Corinthians, 57. | Hebrews, 67. |
Romans, 57-58. | I Peter, 67-68. |
Philippians, 62-63. | II Peter, 68. |
Colossians, 62-63. | Jude, 68. |
Philemon, 62-63. | Apocalypse, 68. |
Ephesians, 62-63. | John, c. 85. |
Luke, 63. | Epistles of John, 90-95. [159] |
Acts, 64. |
[GBS 150-159]
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