[Havoc]

even to the point of having the actors speak exclusively in Latin and Aramaic.

Oh boy. Must not have been room for the language of the Apostles or of Christ. Greek must have been too minor to deal with. I like Gibson; but, If this is what is considered authentic, I may have to watch it with a barf bag in tow.

[SoothingDave]

Havoc, if Jesus spoke Greek, why were his last words recorded in the Gospels in Aramaic?

SD

[sheik yerbouty]

Hopefully the film will have subtitles.

[LTCJ]

Greek must have been too minor to deal with.

This is something I have been wondering about. Greek was the common language of the Empire. It seems strange that Latin would have edged it out totally in the film. While Latin may well have been used by some of the officials, any intercultural communication, including PP's interaction with Christ and the Jewish leaders was much more likely to have taken place in Greek, I would have thought.

As much as I admire Gibson and am looking forward to the movie, is this more Gibson's preference for boosting Latin than historical accuracy?