What language was the New Testament written in originally?

Question

The Brit Ha'dishah....you know the New Testament! What language was it written in originally?

First one right gets the 10.

Hint: its not greek.

http://www.mashiyach.com/hebrew.htm

Heres the answer

Answer 1

aramaic

Answer 2

The New Testament was written in Greek. It's funny anyone would write otherwise. It's an old form of Greek that was the common language in the region at the time, called Koine Greek. So it's not the same form that is currently spoken in Greece or the same form used by more ancient philosophers, Classical Greek.
If you're interested in looking into it more, there are countless books/CD's/workbooks at any Christian book store, or any book store for that matter, I'm in the process of learning it myself.

Answer 3

Aramaic and/or Hebrew. Greek is incorrect because the idioms are meaningless in Greek. In Greek a camel passes easier through the eye of a needle, in Aramaic a rope passes easier through the eye of a needle. A rope makes more sense in comparison to a thread, than a camel to a thread.

On the other hand, there is a nine-to-one ratio of Hebrew
to Aramaic found in the Dead Sea Scrolls which were produced around the time of Jesus.

Answer 4

If it wasn't written in Greek, then expressions like 'I am the alpha and the omega' don't make a whole lot of sense. That is a Greek expression, Ace, and it can be found in the book of Revelations.

Keep in mind too that much of it is in the the form of letters written to peoples. Would you write a letter to Corinth (in Greece) in Hebrew? I suppose all the inhabitants of Thessaloniki (in Greece) spoke Hebrew too? I could go on, but hopefully you get the idea by now.

Try again.

Answer 5

many of the old testomony became written in "Classical Hebrew". that's diverse than the Aramaic/Hebrew blend that became spoken for the duration of Jesus' time. some chapters of the e book of Daniel (chapters 2 - 7) are written in Aramaic, no longer Hebrew. those chapters contain prophecies that concern the Gentile international locations of the international, and are for that reason written in what became then the dominant Gentile language. they could have easily been penned by using Nebuchadnezzar, recording the prophecies of Daniel. financial ruin 4 easily STATES that it became written by using Nebuchadnezzar. the hot testomony became written in Koine Greek, that's somewhat diverse from the Classical Greek of Homer, and easily diverse from present day Greek.

Answer 6

Mostly Greek, although there is some evidence that certain books (for example, the Gospel of John) were originally in Aramaic. Some passages, such as the Paricope Adulterae, only appear in and after the latin translation.

Edit: The web site you post is interesting, but Yeshua was not Judean, he was Galilean.

Answer 7

Koine Greek, Coptic, Aramaic

Answer 8

Greek

Answer 9

Aramaic

Hebrew.....not very likely being that the Tanakh (the Jewish "bible") only consists of:

the Torah (the books of Moses)
the Nevi'lm (the books of the prophets)
the Ketuvim (the books of praise)

The Tanakh does not consist of the New Testament being that the Jewish faith saw Jesus Christ as exactly what his name meant. Christ is a title meaning "annointed one", therefore they saw Jesus as a prophet of Yahwen (aka God) as do the Muslims (in their case Allah, or God). Jews saw Christ as a prophet, Muslims saw Christ as a prophet. Hebrew and Arabic are excluded.

P.S.: I am not Jewish nor Islamic, personally I saw Jesus as the Son of God in the flesh.

Answer 10

Some in Latin Some in Aramaic, Some in Greek, Some in Hebrew.

As i was written by several person, they each used what they knew.

Answer 11

No, it really was Koine Greek, especially the writings of Paul.