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Jesus spoke Aramaic

Jesus spoke Aramaic

However YHvH chose to breath His Holy Word in Koine Greek.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua

...And if my memory is correct, in the Eastern Rite faith community of the Maronites still use Aramaic in the worship to this day.

Nazareth was a one hour walk from Sepphoris, and very near one of the main thoroughfares between Rome and the Near East (Syria, Babylon, etc). There was a huge Hellenistic influence in the entire region, even in Jerusalem. The Jews had adopted all sorts of Hellenistic customs and were greatly influenced by Rome (for instance, most Jews ate while reclining on couches just as the Greeks and Romans did. This explains the expression about John "reclining on his breast" in reference to Jesus. That was a figure of speech meaning not that John literally laid with his head on Jesus chest, but that John was reclining right next to Jesus).

Given that Jesus, his brothers, and his father were carpenters or masons of some kind, it's almost a certainty they would have taken on jobs from the cities like Sepphoris where there would have been a lot of Greek spoken and where there was a huge Hellenistic influence. Also, a lot of the quotes from the Old Testament attributed to Jesus in the New Testament (as well as quotes from other New Testament writers, especially Paul) show that they are from the Septuagint (Greek version of the Old Testament written in the 2nd or 3rd century B.C., as I recall). This means that Jesus, the disciples and Paul all were greatly influenced by this version of the Old Testament and could probably read, write and speak Koine Greek.

This also explains how Jesus was able to communicate with Pilate. They were both speaking Koine Greek.

So, Jesus probably could read, write and speak: Aramaic, Hebrew and Koine Greek. Whether or not he knew any Latin is anybody's guess. I think a lot of it comes down to how much we are willing to attribute his knowledge and abilities to his divine nature.

Well, we all know that Jesus spoke exclusively in the King’s (James) English — all those TV movies say so.....