[Ciexyz]

Jesus spoke Aramaic in daily life, since Aramaic had become the common language in Palestine by that time. Discussion of the Hebrew scriptures was likely a mix of Hebrew and Aramaic.

Greek was the language of international commerce at that time. Educated people learned Greek. As unusual as it may sound, even the Romans used Greek as the language of commerce.

The reason that the Gospel message spread so quickly was 1) the Roman system of roads made travel and commerce possible, and 2) the universality of the Greek language.

[Ciexyz]

When the gospel message moved beyond the borders of Palestine into the Gentile world, Greek was the language used to spread the message. Paul wrote his letters to the various churches in Greek. Luke the Physician wrote the book of Acts, detailing the growth of the early church, in Greek. When Palestine fell into revolt and Jerusalem was destroyed (I'm fogging out on the exact date), the Hebrew Christians became marginalized. They fled to Petra for safety and their community eventually disappeared after a number of generations.

[Shethink13]

Jesus spoke Aramaic in daily life, since Aramaic had become the common language in Palestine by that time. Discussion of the Hebrew scriptures was likely a mix of Hebrew and Aramaic.

Not sure if you are agreeing with me or not, but I believe you have made my point. Since this story is about the last 12 hours of His life, and you have stated that Jesus spoke Aramaic in His daily life, wouldn't that be the logical choice for authenticity?

I'm pretty sure Jesus wasn't too involved with international commerce that He would have to speak a lot of Greek. But even if He did, I highly doubt whether He spoke much Greek in the last hours of his life.

[Shethink13]

I'm thinking you needed to direct your comments about the history of the language of the gospels to george wythe, not me.