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Paul's Letters were written first; 45-60s. Ephesians, likely pseudopauline, is late 1st century. Mark is the first Gospel written, around 65. Luke (80s-90s) and Matthew (90s) are later. Acts is by the same author as Luke but written a bit later (90-100s). Hebrews is anywhere from the 60 to 100. James is probably 80s or 90s.
Additionally, once John was written, they could have put that first, since its first statement corresponds to the first statement in the first book of the Old Testament. Whatever the reason, the date of writing does not appear to be the primary consideration in organizing the books of the New Testament.
It seems that the first written usage of the term "New Testament" comes from the writings of Melito of Sardis (died c.180) and followed by Tertullian (c. 155 - c. 240). The term "New Testament" was coined in the second century. Etymology
The Book of Revelation was written on the Greek island of Patmos and appears to be addressed to churches in Greek-speaking Asia Minor, so naturally it was written in Greek. Apart from the testimony of the Church Fathers, writing in the second century, there is no reliable evidence that any part of the New Testament was written in either Aramaic ...
The first known list of canon that matches today's New Testament is found in the Easter Letter of Athanasius for the year 367: Again it is not tedious to speak of the [books] of the New Testament. These are, the four Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The books of both Matthew and Mark were written during the early church period and were probably mostly complete before the Apostles went separate ways. These books were written to basically the same audience, and during that time frame there was most likely a rehashing of the events over the three years of Jesus ministry.
Matthew might have originally been written in Aramaic. Muslims might have a problem with something like the Koran not being written in Arabic (it is supposed to be the literal word of God). But Christians do not see a problem with the New Testament not having been written in Hebrew. It is the Gospel, not the language, that matters.
If you believe the bible's account of itself regarding the New Testament, it was written between the bookends of the first and last apostles to die; that was, James and John sons of Zebedee, sons of thunder. Augustine hinted at this understanding. “From Thy rebuke they shall fly” (ver. 7).
Extensive quotes of the New Testament in letters known to be written at the end of the 1st century AD show that the NT documents were well known and accepted by that time, although it is technically possible that they may have undergone further editing between then and the dates of the first positively dated manuscripts from a hundred years later.
Chronologically, IF John’s gospel, letters and Revelation were written before A.D. 70 they would possibly have appeared around the same time as Paul wrote his letters. The chronological order of the New Testament would then look something like this (dates approximate): James – A.D. 45. Mark – A.D. 50. Paul - A.D. 50-70. Matthew – A.D. 55