This is a visual representation of the overlapping generations of people from New testament times until about 400 A.D. Many believe that following the emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity, the New Testament texts evolved from factual history to fanciful embellishing. This chart demonstrates the New Testament as we know it today has been in existence since well before the time of Constantine. In fact, it can be easily demonstrated that those directly connected to the apostles were reading from a body of text identical to out New testament.
Whose Connected to Whom? This chart shows the connections between John, Peter and Paul to the Christians that followed them. The extant writings of these later Church Fathers demonstrate conclusively that what they trusted as a New Testament was identical to what we hold in our hands today. See our on-line book "100 Reasons to Believe the New Testament" for more on this "Web of Witnesses" that attest to the trustworthiness of the New Testament.