What languages did Jesus speak?

Answer 1

Aramaic. He may have also spoken Greek, which was a common language, believe it or not, in the Middle East at that time among educated people. He may also have spoken Hebrew. But, it's assumed that, assuming that Jesus actually existed, that he spoke Aramaic, since that was actually the local language at that time. Hebrew was then the ancient religious language, but common people spoke Aramaic.

Little is known about the historical Jesus, however. The Gospels are some of the few pieces of evidence that we actually have about him/Him (I don't want to offend Atheists or Christians :-) ). BTW, there are more than just the 4 Gospels in the Bible. There were quite a number of them. Many of these were collected in the Nag Hammadi Library (which you can get in a book - look for that title on Amazon). You can also read about them in _The Gnostic Gospels_ by Elaine Pagels. The average time at which the Gospels were written is about 100 AD, quite awhile after Jesus died and it's unclear to scholars whether any of them were actually written by the actual discipals or just by Christians who identified themselves as those discipals.

So, it's rather difficult to know much about Jesus. Some scholars have even said that there's no real evidence, apart from the Gospels, which they see as suspect, that he/He ever existed. Even if he/He did, it's unclear what sort of person he/He was. Was Jesus well educated, in which case he/He probably spoke Greek? Was he/He actually a rabbi, in which case he/He almost certainly knew Hebrew as well as Aramaic? I don't think we really know for sure.

Answer 2

On this question there may be plentiful change of opinion amongst pupils. However, involving languages utilized in Palestine whilst Jesus Christ was once on the planet, Professor G. Ernest Wright states: “Various languages have been surely to be heard at the streets of the predominant towns. Greek and Aramaic have been obviously the ordinary tongues, and many of the city peoples might in general appreciate each even in such ‘state-of-the-art’ or ‘western’ towns as Caesarea and Samaria in which Greek was once the extra ordinary. Roman squaddies and officers maybe heard speaking in Latin, at the same time orthodox Jews might good have spoken a past due kind of Hebrew with one one more, a language that we all know to were neither classical Hebrew nor Aramaic, regardless of its similarities to each.” Commenting additional, at the language spoken by means of Jesus Christ, Professor Wright says: “The language spoken by means of Jesus has been a lot debated. We don't have any unique method of figuring out whether or not he might talk Greek or Latin, however in his educating ministry he commonly used both Aramaic or the enormously Aramaized preferred Hebrew. When Paul addressed the mob within the Temple, it's mentioned that he spoke Hebrew (Acts 21:forty). Scholars most commonly have taken this to intend Aramaic, however it's rather viable that a preferred Hebrew was once then the ordinary tongue some of the Jews.”—Biblical Archaeology, 1963, p. 243.

Answer 3

According to the Bible, Jesus spoke three languages. He was brought up speaking Hebrew but he also spoke arabic and a little bit of Greek.

Answer 4

Aramaic and Hebrew. He may have known some Greek and Latin because Israel was a hub of trade and occupation by the Romans and Greeks throughout history. In the bible he is recorded as speaking Aramaic and as a teacher in the temple and synogog he would have spoke Hebrew.

Answer 5

He spoke Aramaic, which is a dialect of Hebrew. It is possible that he also spoke Greek and/or Latin (Greek was a common language in the area and Latin was the official language of the Roman Empire), but that would be speculation.

Answer 6

He spoke mainly Hebrew although he could have spoken all languages if needed as he was after all the language giver at the tower of Babylon

Answer 7

Aramaic - the common language of that time, and Hebrew - spoken in the Synagogues.

Answer 8

At least three. Greek, because the Jews were ruled by the Romans. Hebrew, because this was his Religious tongue spoken in the temple, and Aramaic, because this was a common tongue spoken by the people

Answer 9

Aramaic

Answer 10

Aramaic, the common language of Galilee during his lifetime.