[Mad Dawg]

Is it too snarky to say one of my NTs is Greek and one of my OTs is the MT Hebrew? (I need a new one. Ι wore the old one out.)

That the surviving MSS are in Greek does not, in itself, show that the originals were in Greek or that the Dominical dicta were spoken in Koine (though it wouldn't astonish me if they were. A problem with Gibson's "Passion" IMHO was that the stuff that was said in Latin should have been said in Koine.)

And Paul's calling Peter "Cephas" is interesting.

The question of literal inspiration and reliability gets complicated when the variant texts are considered.

But, in any case the Petros -- petra controversy isn't going to be resolved tonight.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Is it too snarky to say one of my NTs is Greek and one of my OTs is the MT Hebrew? (I need a new one. Ι wore the old one out.)” No it is not snarky at all. I also have the same. It is a good thing. “That the surviving MSS are in Greek does not, in itself, show that the originals were in Greek or that the Dominical dicta were spoken in Koine (though it wouldn't astonish me if they were.” It is extremely strong evidence that many thousands of fragments in Greek are sufficient to reconstruct the entire NT. It is arguing from a vacuum to claim otherwise, since the otherwise doesn’t exist. This is the same argument Bigfoot experts have. “But, in any case the Petros -- petra controversy isn't going to be resolved tonight.” Perfectly resolvable, but not perfectly agreed to :-)

[Elsie]

But, in any case the Petros -- petra controversy isn't going to be resolved tonight.

It already has been.

One side just will NOT admit defeat.

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Worse bunch of cases of Confirmation Bias I've ever seen.