The New Testament: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The New Testament, credited to American Bible Union, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of The New Testament by the American Bible Union. Read by Mark Penfold. This Revised Testament has been prepared under the auspices of the American Bible Union, by the most competent scholars of the day. No expense has been spared to obtain the oldest translations of the Bible, copies of the ancient manuscripts, and other facilities to make the revision as perfect as possible. The paragraph form has been adopted in preference to the division by verse, which is a modern mode of division, never used in the ancient scriptures. But, for convenience of reference, the numbers of the verses are retained. All quotations from the Old Testament are distinctly indicated, and the poetic form is restored to those which appear as poetry in the original. The revisers have been guided in their labors by the following rules prescribed by the Union: RULES FOR THE REVISION OF THE ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT. The received Greek text, critically edited, with known errors corrected, must be followed. The common English version must be the basis of revision, and only such alterations must be made as the exact meaning of the text and the existing state of the language may require. The exact meaning of the inspired text, as that text expressed it to those who understood the original Scriptures at the time they were first written, must be given in corresponding words and phrases, so far as they can be found in the English language, with the least possible obscurity or indefiniteness. (Summary by the American Bible Union Final Committee)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The New Testament
• Author credits: American Bible Union
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 63
• Listed recording duration: 18:24:35

Catalogue topics

• religion
• Bible
• New Testament
• American Bible Union
• Jesus
• Christ
• christianity
• Matthew

Opening tracks: first 24 of 63

1. 01 - Matthew 1-4 — 14:05
2. 02 - Matthew 5-7 — 16:17
3. 03 - Matthew 8-11 — 20:11
4. 04 - Matthew 12-15 — 23:24
5. 05 - Matthew 16-20 — 20:43
6. 06 - Matthew 21-24 — 22:39
7. 07 - Matthew 25-28 — 26:27
8. 08 - Mark 1-4 — 18:17
9. 09 - Mark 5-8 — 21:03
10. 10 - Mark 9-12 — 22:36
11. 11 - Mark 13-16 — 21:22
12. 12 - Luke 1-4 — 27:51
13. 13 - Luke 5-8 — 29:19
14. 14 - Luke 9-12 — 29:43
15. 15 - Luke 13-16 — 18:41
16. 16 - Luke 17-20 — 22:21
17. 17 - Luke 21-24 — 26:54
18. 18 - John 1-5 — 27:25
19. 19 - John 6-9 — 29:02
20. 20 - John 10-13 — 24:36
21. 21 - John 14-17 — 17:37
22. 22 - John 18-21 — 24:43
23. 23 - Acts 1-5 — 24:13
24. 24 - Acts 6-10 — 27:08

Listen to this recording

Open the complete recording and player on Internet Archive. The player includes the full track list and available download formats.

Source and rights

This is a record from LibriVox's official Internet Archive collection, with a public-domain licence recorded in its metadata. LibriVox's policy includes its catalogue summaries as well as its recordings. Its public-domain assessment follows United States law; copyright status can differ elsewhere. The summary and track facts are reproduced and reformatted from that record. Dates attached to the archive upload are not treated as original book publication dates.