2006-10-02 08:18:28 · 9 answers · asked by symonnex 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Contrary to some that have answered this question, the original Gospels and Epistles (fancy name for a letter) were written in Greek. While Palestine and present day Israel, along with most of the known world, were under Roman control, common people spoke Greek. Before the Roman empire entered the scene, Greece controlled much of that same empire 100 years prior to the Romans. While it is true that most governing officials spoke and wrote in Latin, common people spoke in Greek.
And amazingly, most Gospels were written shortly after the death, and resurrection, of Christ. Even according to liberal scholars, the latest books were written between 60 and 90 AD. . . well within the lifetimes of the disciples. They were later translated into Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic and other languages of the time, but the first writings were definitely in Greek.
2006-10-02 10:07:58 · answer #1 · answered by Divinitus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, Jesus's disciples did not write any of the biblical books ascribed to them. Most were actually written down from 50 to 150 years after his death, by scribes putting the oral traditins down on paper. Those, however, would have been written in Greek, considered at the time to be the language of the educated. As latin became later on. The disciples themselves, would have been fluend in Ancient Hebrew or possible Aramaic, and the more educated smong them would have had a working knowledge of Latin (since Judea, Galilee and the like were under Roman control), and Greek. Any that had been involved in trade or commerce before becoming disciples probably would have had some cognicense of other surrounding languages as well.
2006-10-02 08:38:54 · answer #2 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
"I am the Truth, the Way, and the Life." - Jesus If the phrase of God is reality, and Jesus used to be a person who spoke most effective what the Father spoke, as he claims, then he's additionally the phrase of God speakme most effective the reality. The proposal is that the voice of reality is the voice of God, and the Bible claims the reality will set you unfastened. Truth fairly can set you unfastened, and in reality that there is not any proof or sound common sense (reality) to advise the lifestyles of God or Jesus. The reality could also be that there's lots of proof to advise that we're the effect of predictable traditional techniques which haven't any want for an clever writer to do what they do. These truths can set you unfastened from the oppression of faith, in the event you enable them to reside on your center.
2016-08-29 09:07:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was written in more languages that just Greek. Jesus did speak Aramaic (old Assyrian). It was written in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Koine Greek.
2006-10-03 17:29:47 · answer #4 · answered by ImAssyrian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were written in Greek- translated by St. Jerome into Latin. Jesus Himself spoke Aramaic.
2006-10-02 09:07:01 · answer #5 · answered by Mannie H 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Greek
2006-10-02 09:15:48 · answer #6 · answered by Not perfect, just forgiven 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
New Testament Greek. Greek was, surprisingly, used as the lingua franca, that is, the language most widely understood. The important thing was for them to be understood by as wide an audience as possible. That was why Greek was the best choice.
2006-10-02 08:21:55 · answer #7 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hebrew. The New Testament was written in Greek.
2006-10-02 08:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by banananna 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, Greek.
There is however a tradition that Matthew originally wrote his Gospel in Hebrew.
2006-10-02 18:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋