[Errant]

I'm pretty sure Paul spoke at least a little Greek, based on Acts 21:37 account of when he was jailed toward the end, and him having somewhat astonished one of the Roman soldiers that he was able to speak Greek. That also indicates to me that it may have not been that common of a thing for Hebrews to be able to do.

I agree that some merchants most likely were multilinguistic or had those resources available to them. When it came to recording those momentous events that were occurring during those days however, I can only envision they first were written down in their native language for a number of reasons.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “I’m pretty sure Paul spoke at least a little Greek, based on Acts 21:37 account of when he was jailed toward the end, and him having somewhat astonished one of the Roman soldiers that he was able to speak Greek.” <<

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Yes, but Paul was at the time, probably the second most educated man in the world (next to Gamaliel).

As a whole, Jews were a very self-centered people (as they remain today).
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