actually, the Jews of that time probably spoke Greek, seeing as how that was the common language of the Roman empire. Jerusalem ws a very cosmopolitan city, with Syrian, Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic all being spoken.
***actually, the Jews of that time probably spoke Greek, seeing as how that was the common language of the Roman empire. Jerusalem ws a very cosmopolitan city, with Syrian, Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic all being spoken.***
Greek was the lingua franca of the Mideast, the English of its day. Hebrew was largely disused except by the religious in religious texts. Latin was only spoken by the Romans or those in the area dealing with Roman rule.