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Did Jesus speak in Hebrew or in Aramaic?
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Silverhair
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Simple answer YES. Christ would have spoken in a language common at the time.
Hebrew, Greek & Latin were written on the sign over His head when on the cross so He would have been aware of those languages. When He referred to the OT could He have spoken in Aramaic, sure.
But the question is, does it really matter?
Hebrew, Greek & Latin were written on the sign over His head when on the cross so He would have been aware of those languages. When He referred to the OT could He have spoken in Aramaic, sure.
But the question is, does it really matter?
Ben1445
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I never gave it much thought until I heard about Hebrew being a dead language in close proximity to my own reading of Acts 21 when “Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,”
It’s amazing how quickly you can revive a dead language! Or not. They were speaking Hebrew.
It’s amazing how quickly you can revive a dead language! Or not. They were speaking Hebrew.
The scriptures makes the answer to this question clear if we discern them by the Spirit and through the scriptures and consider that two groups of Jews occupied the land when Jesus came to speak to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. They were the orthodox and the Grecians and it seems they were not always friends. Comparing the scriptures and reasoning will give us the answer.
Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
One must remember why Jesus came. It was to restore the kingdom and the throne to Israel. It makes a great deal of importance what language his people speak according to OT prophecy of the restored kingdom.
Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
One must remember why Jesus came. It was to restore the kingdom and the throne to Israel. It makes a great deal of importance what language his people speak according to OT prophecy of the restored kingdom.
Tea
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Since Jesus is God and God is omniscient, it doesn’t matter because He was capable of speaking in every language that ever existed or will exist.