When Jesus was alive.?

Question

What was the language they spoke at that time? Does anyone still speak it today?

Answer 1

The most detailed accounts of Jesus' birth are contained in the Gospel of Matthew (probably written between 65 and 90 AD/CE), and the Gospel of Luke (probably written between 65 and 100 AD/CE).Scholars debate over the details of Jesus' birth, and few claim to know the exact year or date of his birth or death.

The nativity accounts in the New Testament gospels of Matthew and Luke do not mention a date or time of year for the birth of Jesus. In Western Christianity, it has been traditionally celebrated on December 25 as Christmas (in the liturgical season of Christmastide), a date that can be traced as early as 330 among Roman Christians. Before then, Jesus' birth was generally celebrated on January 6 as part of the feast of Theophany,also known as Epiphany, which commemorated not only Jesus' birth but also his baptism by John in the Jordan River and possibly additional events in Jesus' life. (Many today in Eastern Christianity celebrate Christmas on January 7 because they continue to use the Julian calendar, in which December 25 corresponds to January 7 on the Gregorian calendar now in common usage.) Some scholars note that Luke's descriptions of shepherds' activities at the time of Jesus' birth suggest a spring or summer date. Scholars speculate that the date of the celebration was moved by the Roman Catholic Church in an attempt to replace the Roman festival of Saturnalia (or more specifically, the birthday of the Roman god Sol Invictus).

In the 247th year during the Diocletian Era (based on Diocletian's ascension to the Roman throne), Dionysius Exiguus attempted to pinpoint the number of years since Jesus' birth, arriving at a figure of 753 years after the founding of Rome. Dionysius then set Jesus' birth as being December 25 1 ACN (for "Ante Christum Natum," or "before Christ (was) born"), and assigned AD 1 to the following year — thereby establishing the system of numbering years from the birth of Jesus: Anno Domini (which translates as "in the year of Lord"). The system was created in the then current year 532, and almost two centuries later it won acceptance and became the established calendar in Western civilization.

It is hard to date Jesus' birth because some sources are now gone and over 1900 years have passed since the Gospels were written; however, based on a lunar eclipse that the first-century historian Josephus reported shortly before the death of Herod the Great (who plays a role in Matthew's account), as well as a more accurate understanding of the succession of Roman Emperors, Jesus' birth would have been before the year 3 BC/BCE.

The Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew both place Jesus' birth under the reign of Herod the Great. Luke describes Jesus' birth as occurring during the Roman governorship of Quirinius, and involving the first census of the Roman provinces of Syria and Iudaea. Josephus places the governorship of Quirinius, and a census, in 6 AD/CE (which Luke refers to in Acts 5:37), long after the death of Herod the Great in 4 BC/BCE. Hence, debate has centered over whether or not the sources can be reconciled by asserting a prior governorship of Quirinius in Syria, or if an earlier census was conducted and, if not, which source to consider in error.

The date of Jesus' death is also unclear. The Gospel of John depicts the crucifixion as directly before the Passover festival on Friday 14 Nisan (called the Quartodeciman), whereas the synoptic gospels (except for Mark 14:2) describe Jesus' Last Supper as the Passover meal on Friday 15 Nisan; however, some scholars hold that the synoptic account is harmonious with the account in John. Further, the Jews followed a lunisolar calendar with phases of the moon as dates, complicating calculations of any exact date in a solar calendar. According to John P. Meier's A Marginal Jew, which takes into consideration the procuratorship of Pontius Pilate and the dates of the Passover in those years, Jesus' death was probably on April 7, 30 AD/CE or April 3, 33 AD/CE.

and to know somethings about other religions like islam as i believe :

Birth :

Muslims believe in the Virgin birth of Jesus through Mary, which is recounted throughout several passages in the Qur'an. In the Qur'anic story an angel appears before Mary to announce her the gift of a holy son. Mary is surprised and answers the angel that she is virgin. The angel replies "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us':It is a matter (so) decreed...when He determines a matter, He only says to it, 'Be', and it is." ([Qur'an 19:21], [Qur'an 19:35]) The Qur'an rejects the idea that virgin birth implies that Jesus is divine - the example of Adam [Qur'an 3:59] is used in argument against such belief. Sahih Bukhari records that John was a cousin to Jesus. Soon after his birth, Jesus speaks as an infant to defend Mary from accusations of adultery. Two others are noted to have spoken as infants.

Other relevant verses from the Qur'an:

And she (Mary) who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our Spirit and made her and her son a sign for the nations.

—Qur'an, [Qur'an 21:91]
Other references in hadith are:

When any human being is born. Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his two fingers, except Jesus, the son of Mary, whom Satan tried to touch but failed, for he touched the placenta-cover instead.

Mission :

Muslims believe that God gave a Direct Revelation to Jesus, the Injil , while also declaring the truth of the previous revelation, the Torah. Muslims believe that they have been misinterpreted, misrepresented, mistranslated, passed over, and/or textually distorted over time, and that even the earliest manuscripts discovered by archaeologists reflect these changes. Muslims believe that the New Testament no longer represents the original revelation, which the Qur'an calls a "Light", guidance, and a divine scripture ([Qur'an 5:45]).

Jesus is depicted in Islam as having been given miracles as evidence of his prophetic mission. Such miracles, all performed by the leave of God, include: speaking while still the cradle; breathing life into clay models of birds; curing a leper and a life-long blind man; raising the dead; and requesting the descent of a table from heaven upon which was a feast, upon petition of his disciples .

Islamic view on his claimed death :

Verses [Qur'an 3:55], [Qur'an 4:157], [Qur'an 5:117] and [Qur'an 19:33] of the Qur'an touch the issue of the death of Jesus. According to verse the [Qur'an 4:157], the Jews sought to kill Jesus but they did not kill him nor crucify him but that it appeared so to them:

And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the messenger of God; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Jesus) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure. Nay! God took him up to Himself; and God is Mighty, Wise.

—Qur'an, [Qur'an 4:157]
Whether Jesus' was resurrected alive or dead, Yusuf ibn Abd-al-Barr, an 11th century Maliki jurist, writes that there have been differences of opinion on this issue. Although most Muslims believe that Jesus was resurrected alive but some contemporary scholars agree with `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas that Jesus died before ascension.

How Jesus was rescued from crucifixion, the Qur'an doesn't give much detail, hence there have been differences among Muslims. According to some, God replaced Jesus with a double. Others say God transformed another person, probably Judas Iscariot or Simon of Cyrene, to appear exactly like Jesus in order to deceive the Romans and be crucified in Jesus' stead. Some claim that this is evidence of Christian docetist theology influencing Islam at an early stage. Some Muslim rationalists disagreed with this version of the story and proposed that after the authorities failed to arrest Jesus, they knowingly crucified another person. Being kept at a distances, the crowds were misled into thinking that the substitute was Jesus as Jesus's appearance was disfigured by the ordeal. Another less well-known, but nonetheless widely held view (particularly in South Asia) is the so-called Swoon hypothesis: that Jesus didn't die on the cross, but merely fell unconscious, and was later revived in the tomb. The Muslim scholar Ahmed Deedat has been very influential in the spread of this view.
Finally, other Muslims notably Mahmoud Ayoub hold that the Qur'an does not in fact deny the crucifixion of Jesus: among other textual and theological arguments, it is argued that the above verse "belongs not to history but to theology in the broadest sense" (like the Qur'anic statement that Mary, mother of Jesus, was a sister of Aaron)

On the interpretation of those scholars who deny the crucifixion, the Encyclopedia of Islam writes:

The denial, furthermore, is in perfect agreement with the logic of the Qur’an. The Biblical stories reproduced in it (e.g., Job, Moses, Joseph etc.) and the episodes relating to the history of the beginning of Islam demonstrate that it is “God's practice” (sunnat Allah ) to make faith triumph finally over the forces of evil and adversity. “So truly with hardship comes ease”, (XCIV, 5, 6). For Jesus to die on the cross would have meant the triumph of his executioners; but the Quran asserts that they undoubtedly failed: “Assuredly God will defend those who believe”; (XXII, 49). He confounds the plots of the enemies of Christ (III, 54).

On the interpretation of the minority of Muslims who accept the crucifixion, Mahmoud Ayoub, a professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion states:

The Qur'an is not here speaking about a man, righteous and wronged though he may be, but about the Word of God who was sent to earth and returned to God. Thus the denial of killing of Jesus is a denial of the power of men to vanquish and destroy the divine Word, which is for ever victorious .

Second coming :

Most Muslims believe that Jesus is alive in Heaven, and will return to Earth to defeat the Dajjal (Antichrist). Ibn Hazm writes that there have been difference of opinion on second coming of Jesus. Yusuf ibn Abd-al-Barr writes that Sunnis accept the second coming through the individual reports by narrators who are of sound character. Some Islamic scholars like Javed Ahmed Ghamidi and Amin Ahsan Islahi question hadith regarding the second coming of Jesus, since, according to their understanding, it seems to contradict many verses of the Qur'an.Both views are discussed below:


Qur'an
In the following verses, refuters of Jesus' return translate the verb “mutavafika” (متوفيك) as the physical death of Jesus before ascension of his body while proponents translate it as the termination of Jesus' period on earth. Ali ibn Abu Talha, a Tabi‘in, has also reported that `Abd Allah ibn `Abbas said: Mutawaffika connotes Mumayyituka (I am going to give you death).

And when Allah said: O Jesus, I am going to terminate the period (or give you death or take you back) and cause you to ascend unto Me and purify you of those who disbelieve and make those who follow you above those who disbelieve to the day of resurrection; then to Me shall be your return, so l will decide between you concerning that in which you differed.[Qur'an 3:55]

Refuters believe that the pronoun "him" in the following verse points to Muhammad while others believe that "him" points to Jesus. Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari has mentioned three possible interpretations of the verse; firstly, all the People of the Book will believe in Jesus before his death; secondly, all the People of the Book will believe in Jesus before their own deaths, and thirdly, all the People of the Book will believe in Muhammad before their deaths. Yusuf ibn Abd-al-Barr in his book Al-Tamhid has said that Imam Tabari opined that the verse is specific for the People of the Book of the times of Jesus and not for the People of the Book of all times. Amin Ahsan Islahi, however interprets that, everyone from among the People of the Book would believe in the Qur’an before Muhammad’s death.

And there is not one of the People of the Book but most certainly believes in this before his death, and on the day of resurrection he shall be a witness against them.[Qur'an 4:159]

Refuters argue that Jesus' ignorance of his deification on day of judgement shows that he will not come back after his ascension. Traditionally, this verse hasn't been looked at from this angle.

And when Allah will say: O Jesus son of Mary! did you say to men, Take me and my mother for two gods besides Allah he will say: Glory be to Thee, it did not befit me that I should say what I had no right to (say); if I had said it, Thou wouldst indeed have known it; Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I do not know what is in Thy mind, surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen things. I did not say to them aught save what Thou didst enjoin me with: That serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord, and I was a witness of them so long as I was among them, but when Thou didst cause me to die, Thou wert the watcher over them, and Thou art witness of all things.[Qur'an 5:116]

While commenting on following verse, Geoffrey Parrinder observes that there is no futurity in the grammar of the Qur’an to suggest a post-millennial death. The plain meaning seems to be his physical death at the end of his present human life on earth. However, proponents believe that the day of Jesus' rise would be when he will come again.

And peace on me (Jesus) on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life.[Qur'an 19:33]

Refuters argue that the following verse is for present tense rather than future tense and he was a sign of the Judgement day for the direct addressees of the Qur'an. Proponents translate it for future tense and argue that after his second coming, he will be a sign for day of judgement.

And most surely he (Jesus) is a sign of the hour (Judgement day), therefore have no doubt about it and follow me: this is the right path.

In Islamic thought ;

Jesus is described by various means in the Qur'an. The most common reference to Jesus occurs in the form of "Ibn Maryam" (son of Mary), sometimes preceded with another title. Jesus is also recognised as a prophet (nabī) and messenger (rasūl) of God. The terms wadjih ("worthy of esteem in this world and the next"), mubārak ("blessed", or "a source of benefit for others"), `abd-Allāh (servant of God) are all used in the Qur'an in reference to Jesus.

Another title frequently mentioned in the al-Masīḥ, which translates to "the Messiah." This does not correspond to the Christian concept of Messiah, as Islam regards all prophets, including Jesus, to be normal men without any share in divinity. Muslim exegetes explain the use of the word masīh in the Qur'an as referring to Jesus' status as the one anointed by means of blessings and honors; or as the one who helped cure the sick, by anointing the eyes of the blind, for example. Qur'anic verses also employ the term "kalimatullah" (meaning the "word of God") as a descriptor of Jesus, which is interpreted as a reference to the creating word of God, uttered at the moment of Jesus' conception; or as recognition of Jesus' status as a messenger of God, speaking on God's behalf.

Answer 2

At the "time" Jesus spoke ancient Hebrew but then when He went to the desert to learn about life at age twelve, he learned to speak the ancient tongue of "tongues" or Aramaic, a secret language and not spoken anywhere today.

At the time of Christ, they spoke many languages, From Ancient Greece, to Hebrew, to many of the African dialects. A person living back then would have to have had a pattern of several languages if he were a shopkeeper of craftsman.

Answer 3

As in any given time, many languages were spoken all over the world.

The languages spoken in Judea by Jews were Hebrew and Aramaic. Hebrew for religious significance, and Aramaic for every-day affairs unrelated to the Temple.

The Romans were in control of Judea at this time, and spoke Latin, though this was mainly among the soldiers garrisoned there, and really didn't have much more impact. The language of the educated at the time was Koine Greek, which the Romans brought with them. The Romans used it as an international trade language, as well as in their administrations in conquered territories, therefore it was widely understood by those in the urban sphere of influence. Jews who were businessmen, lawyers, or doctors would have spoken Greek.

There are people who still speak Aramaic today, though not widely. The movie "The Passion of the Christ" was entirely in Aramaic and Latin. Latin is not officially spoken anywhere in the world but the Vatican, though many people still speak it, as I myself am fluent in it. Ancient Greek is different from Modern Greek, but people who study the classics tend to learn it for convenience.

Answer 4

The only part of the question not answered concerns that which is being spoken today. Syrian is the closest related to Aramaic and the person who has done the most, to my knowledge, of the translations from Aramaic to modern English is George Lamsa who worked with 12th and 13th century manuscripts, some of which were unknown to the West until after 1946.

Answer 5

Well, it's evolved from that time, as all languages evolve. But back then and in that area, several languages were spoken. One being Hebrew. The Romans spoke Latin, as did many people in the Roman Empire. Others in that smaller area spoke Aramaic, but in many dialects.

French, Portuguese, and English had not developed yet, at that time. Especially English. Back then in England, which was not even called England, the people spoke Celtic languages along with some of the languages of the invading Vikings, Saxons, etc.

And I agree with Dr. Kemp. I forgot about Greek being widely used.

Answer 6

People feel God is truly, Jesus used to be alive, and that the Bible does now not lie in which is your proof. I am now not a devout character completely seeing that their is not any evidence of GOD. With all do recognize to everybody who does, i encourage to vary. If God existed why can we nonetheless combat every different. People kill men and women. We are, because the human race, very damaging. Sure there are lots of who aid and are tremendously charitable, however there are lots of who stand there and watch men and women endure. If GOD is truly, why did thousands of men and women die within the HOLOCAUST, WWI & II, actually each warfare ever taken location. Why is their nonetheless racism on this planet? Fact is, no person is exclusive, however everybody is distinctive. If GOD is truly, i detest HIM for status by way of in those battle a few instances.

Answer 7

On every timeline of Jesus's time they say Jesus was born in the year 1. And he died at the age 32 or 33 something like that and they spoke Hewbrew bc it was Isreal where he was born and in Isreal they speak Hewbrew

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Probably,but not the biblical version.They spoke Aramaic which is still used today.

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Answer 10

Aramaic, Hebrew, and latin in the region, yes, there are people that speak these languages, although you're not goingto hear it at the grocery store anytime soon. Chinese was also around, but in a different region, and there are billions that speak that.

Answer 11

Hebrew. Aramaic.

Religious scholars learn Hebrew.