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To: Cronos; wagglebee; bkaycee
FWIW, a note in my Theological Dictionary of the NT, Kittle Freidrich, says:
Anyone who grew up in Bethsaida would not only understand Gk, but would also have been polished by dealings with foreigners and would have been accustomed to Gk. culture.
FWIW (Volume VI, page 100)

In the same article Bethsaida is often described as an area under Greek influence.

2,966 posted on 07/28/2010 8:41:44 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (O Maria, sine labe concepta, ora pro nobis qui ad te confugimus.)
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To: Mad Dawg; Cronos

I have no doubt that most everyone there spoke Greek, but the question becomes WHY would the speak Greek among each other when their native language was Aramaic?

And has you pointed out, the Gospel of Saint John clearly uses the Aramaic as do other portions of the New Testament.


2,972 posted on 07/28/2010 9:00:47 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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