新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)

しんやくせいしょ
noun
New Testament
religion
1. New Testament
The second of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, recounting the life and teachings of Jesus, the early Christian church, and the letters of the apostles. The Japanese name literally means 'the scripture of the new covenant,' the covenant that Christians believe God established through Jesus.
新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)はギリシャ語(ご)で書(か)かれた。
The New Testament was written in Greek.
新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)の福音書(ふくいんしょ)はイエスの生涯(しょうがい)を伝(つた)えている。
The Gospels of the New Testament convey the life of Jesus.
日曜日(にちようび)の礼拝(れいはい)で新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)の一節(いっせつ)が朗読(ろうどく)された。
A passage from the New Testament was read aloud at the Sunday service.
西洋文学(せいようぶんがく)を理解(りかい)するには、新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)の背景知識(はいけいちしき)がある程度(ていど)必要(ひつよう)だ。
To really understand Western literature, you need a certain amount of background knowledge about the New Testament.

Compound of 新約(しんやく) ('new covenant') and 聖書(せいしょ) ('scripture; Bible'). The term reflects the Christian view that Jesus established a 'new covenant' fulfilling and renewing the older one described in the 旧約聖書(きゅうやくせいしょ).

Common collocations

  • 新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)を読(よ)む: to read the New Testament
  • 新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)の福音書(ふくいんしょ): the Gospels (in the New Testament)
  • 新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)の教(おし)え: the teachings of the New Testament
  • 新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)の一節(いっせつ): a passage from the New Testament
  • 新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)の原文(げんぶん): the original text of the New Testament

Related words

Usage

  • A standard term in religious, historical, and literary discourse. Often paired with 旧約聖書(きゅうやくせいしょ) when discussing the Bible as a whole.
  • Commonly abbreviated to 新約(しんやく) when context is clear, e.g., 新約(しんやく)の時代(じだい) ('the New Testament era').
  • In Japan, many proper names and cultural allusions derived from the New Testament — such as 最後(さいご)の晩餐(ばんさん) ('Last Supper') or 復活(ふっかつ) ('resurrection') — appear regularly in art, novels, and films.

Related Words

Related: 旧約聖書(きゅうやくせいしょ) (Old Testament)
Related: 聖書(せいしょ) (Bible (general))
Related: 福音書(ふくいんしょ) (the Gospels)
Related: キリスト教(きょう) (Christianity)
Related: 聖典(せいてん) (sacred text)
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Added 2026.4.17 8:26 · Revised 2026.10.7 15:24
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