[Boagenes]

Koine Greek was definitely the lingua franca of the empire. Not sure about Latin only being used in Italy, though. I know it was used in the legions and they spread it everywhere. It was used for all official correspondence with Rome, too, if I remember correctly.

Regardless, Aramaic and Koine Greek are three languages that Jesus almost certainly could speak fluently, as well as read and write. And he almost certainly could at least read Hebrew if not speak it and write it (but my money is on the belief that he could speak it, read it and write it - I think some of this language ability probably came from his divine nature, but that's just my speculation).

[Uri’el-2012]

And he almost certainly could at least read Hebrew if not speak it and write it (but my money is on the belief that he could speak it, read it and write it - I think some of this language ability probably came from his divine nature, but that's just my speculation).

641 posted on June 1, 2008 6:00:42 PM MDT by Boagenes

Yah'shua debated the priests in the Temple when He was thirteen.
I'm sure it was in Hebrew.

b'SHEM Yah'shua