Jonathan Majors toted a bible to Manhattan court Wednesday for the start of his trial on charges he assaulted his ex-girlfriend during an encounter inside a Chinatown taxi — and the beleaguered Marvel actor was able to keep possibly reputation-harming details from his past under wraps for now.

Wearing a gray double-breasted suit, black winter coat and tortoise-shell sunglasses, Majors arrived in Manhattan Criminal Court just after 9:30 a.m. with his new girlfriend — actress and model Meagan Good — by his side. 

He held a copy of a gold leaf bible, a small notebook and a ceramic mug in his hands, and sat in the first row of the gallery, with Good’s arm around him.

Hours later, a Manhattan judge closed the courtroom for a hearing over whether jurors can hear “inflammatory” evidence about Majors’ past acts — including a September 2022 London episode that prosecutors say is relevant to the case, and that was probed by local police and led to injuries.

The evidence would likely prejudice potential jurors because the press would report on the “inflammatory” information “regardless of whether it was admitted at trial,” Judge Michael Gaffey ruled.

Criminal court jurors are routinely told to ignore media accounts of cases they are deciding. But allowing the public to hear about the potentially explosive evidence would nonetheless jeopardize Majors’ right to a fair trial, Gaffey argued.

“The court concludes that sealing the hearing is the only way to prevent tainting the jury pool with such potentially inadmissible pretrial evidence,” the judge said.

A panel of possible jurors were sworn in Wednesday afternoon, with jury selection to continue Thursday. 

Gaffey is expected to rule on what evidence Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is allowed to tell jurors about at some point before opening statements begin.

The “Loki” star, 34, faces misdemeanor assault and harassment charges stemming from a March 25 altercation that erupted after Majors’ ex, professional dancer Grace Jabbari, saw a text on his phone that read, “I wish I was kissing you right now,” court papers say.

Majors has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which have threatened to derail his career as a rising Hollywood star.

The actor has played major roles in the Michael B. Jordan film “Creed III” and Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp” franchise.

If convicted on all of the counts he’s facing, he could spend up to a year in jail.

Once the trial begins, prosecutors plan to introduce evidence that Majors manhandled Jabbari, 30, after she grabbed Majors’ phone to see who sent the “I wish I was kissing you” message — including by twisting her forearm and hitting her in the ear.

After Jabbari attempted to follow Majors out of the car, the actor “grabbed her, picked her up, and threw her back inside,” according to the DA’s office. Jabbari sustained “substantial pain, including a fractured finger, bruising about her body, a laceration behind her right ear, and a bump on her head,” the DA’s court papers say.

Majors’ attorneys, meanwhile, have attempted to portray him as a victim in the case, and have pointed to the NYPD’s finding — based on Majors’ own complaint filed with police in June — that there was probable cause to arrest Jabbari for attacking the actor.

But Bragg’s office did not buy Majors’ version of events and declined to prosecute Jabbari after her October arrest. 

The DA’s office has also asked the court to bar Majors’ counsel from mentioning Jabbari’s arrest during the trial.

Majors’ lawyers have also released video that they claim sheds doubt on the severity of Jabbari’s injuries, including footage of Jabbari being twirled by her allegedly fractured finger at a dance club hours after her altercation with Majors.

Prosecutors expect to call at least 14 witnesses to the stand during around six days of testimony, Majors’ lawyer Priya Chaudhry said Wednesday during another pre-trial hearing that unfolded before the courtroom was sealed.

Jabbari is expected to testify at some point during the trial.

“Despite the people’s double-digit witness list, this case is really about the credibility of one person,” Chaudhry said during the hearing.