Part of: The Parallel Bible. Old and New Testaments (KJV and Revised Version) The Gospel According to S. Mark (KJV)

Unknown author of the Gospel According to Matthew. This telling of the life of Jesus was attributed to Matthew, the tax collector that Jesus called to be one of his disciples. This author used the Gospel of Mark as one of his sources. Matthew's Gospel is special in the emphasis it places on the New Covenant represented by Christ and its relationship to the Old Covenant of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Unknown author of the Gospel According to Luke, who is also credited with writing the Acts of the Apostles, which presents the history of the early Christians after the execution of Jesus. This author used the Gospel of Mark as one of his sources. Luke's Gospel stresses the universality of the Christian faith, saying "that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in this name to all nations" (Luke 24:47).

The unknown author of the Gospel of John, often identified as "John, the son of Zebedee," who was called by Jesus to be one of his disciples. Four other books in the New Testament, three letters and the Revelation, are traditionally attributed to the same author. Unlike the three synoptic Gospels, which emphasize the details of Jesus' ministry, the Gospel of John is more focused on developing theological claims about Jesus and his relationship to God and the doctrines he espoused. There is scholarly disagreement over whether this author relied on any of the synoptic gospels or based his history of Jesus' ministry on oral sources.