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The narrative is the four Gospels in the King James Version. The links below are free texts and photographs, not a claim that every sentence on those sites is right. Nothing here is behind a paywall. This site keeps no account, and it does not tell the next site which page you came from. What that site does after you arrive is its own.
The King James text
The quotations on this site are the King James Version, which is in the public domain. These shelves are free to read in a browser.
Bible Gateway
Passage lookup in the KJV. Every verse on this site links here.
Blue Letter Bible
The KJV with the underlying words, useful when a line needs a closer look.
Bible Hub
Another free KJV text, with parallel tools beside the verse.
Project Gutenberg
A free full Bible in the King James Version, ebook 10, to read or download.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
A free library copy of the KJV, beside older Christian books.
Wikisource
A free full Bible in the King James Version, divided by book.
Roman and Jewish witnesses
These writers are not evangelists. They confirm a public execution under Pilate and a following that worshiped Christ. They do not replace Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Tacitus, Annals 15.44
Christus suffered the extreme penalty under Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius. Loeb text, public domain, at LacusCurtius.
Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews
William Whiston’s translation. Book 18 holds the disputed Testimonium and the account of John the Baptist. Book 20 names James, the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ.
Pliny the Younger to Trajan
Letters 10.96–97. Christians hymn Christ as to a god. English at Early Christian Writings.
Suetonius, Life of Claudius
A short, disputed line about Jews expelled from Rome for a disturbance “at the instigation of Chrestus.” It may refer to Christ. It may not. Listed so the uncertainty stays visible.
Early Christian Writings
Peter Kirby’s free collection. The Josephus page and the essay on the Testimonium gather the non-Christian notices.
Manuscripts
The New Testament is not a single late copy. Thousands of Greek manuscripts exist, and a number can be seen for nothing.
Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
High-resolution photographs of Greek New Testament manuscripts, free to view.