This is incorrect. The language of the region at the time, especially among the literate, was Greek.
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Read the Maccabees.
All things Greek were cast out of Judea in the Maccabee revolt. That is what Chanukka is all about.
The language of Judea in the first century was Hebrew.
All of Yehova’s oracles were delivered in his language, the language of creation, and salvation.
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