Across 2. My job is to tell you whether a document is genuine or a fake. 3. The _______ Papyrus is the earliest known fragment of the New Testament. It is an extract from the Gospel of St John.
6. The title of the Russian ruler who bought The Codex Sinaiticus in 1869 to keep it safe. 8. This part of the New Testament includes twenty-one letters written by leading Christians in the 1st century. They helped to settle disputes between Jesus’s followers.
9. The name of the Roman emperor who built the monastery of St Catherine in the 6th century CE. 10. The name given to four books about Jesus as remembered by those who knew him.
Down 1. A word meaning ‘a hand-written document’. 4. It is the name for anything from the past that can provide us with evidence about some person or event.
5. Tacitus said that it was during the reign of this Roman emperor that Jesus was executed. 7. Flavius Josephus said that Pontius ______ was the one who condemned Jesus to death.
Exploring the Four Gospels
Every book of the New Testament tells us something about Jesus. However, our most important sources of evidence about him are the four Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.
The Gospels tell us about:
ò Jesus’s teachings. ò His miracles. ò His death and resurrection.
