[Dr. Thorne]

The pope is a dope.

[Tupelo]

Well, they are both wrong. He spoke 15th Century English. Just like my KJV Bible. hehe

[Genoa]

Both are right. Aramaic was the spoken language among Jews; Hebrew was the language of the Jewish religion; Greek was the lingua franca used by both Jews and Gentiles. Latin was the official language of Rome. No Arabic.

[Genoa]

. . . . And by the way, the land was covenanted by God to the children of Israel forever.

[montag813]

Careful, “Pope” Francis, your ignorance and pro-Muslim bias is showing.

[marron]

King James English. Everyone knows that.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The Pope would be saying the equivalent of today’s Israelis speaking English most of the time, but know Hebrew. LOL!

[marron]

"Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew," Netanyahu told Francis...

"Aramaic," the pope interjected.

"He spoke Aramaic, but he knew Hebrew," Netanyahu shot back.

So the pope was right and Netanyahu was also right.

[Sacajaweau]

This pope has a loose screw.

[Old Yeller]

I’m pretty sure God could speak any language that existed.

[tumblindice]

On bilingualism in Texas public schools, Texas Governor Miriam Amanda “Ma” Ferguson:
“If the King’s English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it’s good enough for the children of Texas!”

So there it is. He spoke Texan.

[UnwashedPeasant]

The pope is a fool. He thought he was correcting Netanyahu, and it was a natural reflex.

[Uri’el-2012]

YHvH's WORD is written in Hebrew.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[marron]

It might be relevant that the only place in the middle east where modern Aramaic speakers live in peace and relative safety is in Israel.

[aposiopetic]

Aramaic-related ping.

[RichInOC]

I guess if you’re a reporter, you have to make up conflict somewhere.

[kjam22]

I would guess he spoke the language his listener needed to hear. Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic.... whatever was called for.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

It is high time that this muzzie lovin’ pope go to Iran and confront the POS known as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

[EnquiringMind]

I am a churchgoing Catholic, but this Pope doesn't have my vote against Netanyahu

[Gluteus Maximus]

Jesus spoke Aramaic which was the language of the spoken language Jewish people in his day. He certainly knew Hebrew, at least as a language of books. Like Jews in Russia before WWII, they spoke one language (Yiddish) in everyday life but studied their religion in Hebrew.

Jesus probably also spoke Greek and Latin. He was an educated man of his day, at the very least, and knowledge of both Greek and Latin would be pretty much expected.

None of that is controversial.

Where's the problem?