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To: Mount Athos

>> “Jesus spoke Aramaic and possibly a similar sounding word for passover.” <<

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Nonsense!

Yeshua spoke Hebrew only, and never went anywhere they spoke anything else. That was the language of Judea, Edom, and Samaria.

The Aramaic immigrants that moved into samaria were given unconditional orders to learn the language and customs of “the gods of the land” and they did so.


41 posted on 04/12/2013 11:11:30 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
"Yeshua spoke Hebrew only..."

That doesn't purport with the facts. The Galilee was a border region adjacent to Greek and other pagan nations and cultures. As a basis for common commerce even within in the towns and villages on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. The working class, fishermen, carpenters, and tradesmen would certainly have had a working knowledge of Aramaic, Greek and Latin in addition to a ceremonial knowledge of Hebrew.

You have to also consider that Jesus spent a significant portion of his childhood (maybe as much as 10 years) in Egypt where Greek was the language of the Jews. Unless you are claiming that Jesus was incapable of learning languages other than Hebrew another answer is warranted to support your claim. I would certainly like to hear it.

Peace be with you.

43 posted on 04/12/2013 11:24:11 AM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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To: editor-surveyor
Yeshua spoke Hebrew only, and never went anywhere they spoke anything else.

How did he speak to Pontius Pilate and the Roman Centurion then?
46 posted on 04/12/2013 11:50:52 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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