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1 | Did Jesus speak Greek in this verse? | Matt 16:18 | MJH | 181770 | ||
What language Jesus normally spoke in is not my question. I know the answer to that, but this verse if originally spoken in any other language than Greek does not have the word play that Jesus is using. That is why when reading it this time, I was struck with a "hmmmm, that's weird, I wonder?" question. It's actually not that important to understanding the text etc... but I get inquisitive about this stuff sometimes. I don't know enough about Semitic languages to know how it would have sounded in those languages, but in English, the whole play on words is lacking. MJH |
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2 | Did Jesus speak Greek in this verse? | Matt 16:18 | mark d seyler | 181819 | ||
Hi MJH, The word play may simply have been picked up in the Greek, if in fact Jesus didn't speak it in Greek. Consider if He spoke this today in English, "you are a rock, and upon this bedrock I will build My church", when translated into Greek, it could well be rendered as we read in the text. So what we see as a wordplay may only be a byproduct of translation. I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark PS for anyone interested, I recommend "The Language that Jesus Spoke", by Doug Hamp. This slim book gives a compelling Scriptural presentation, as well as historical and linguistic, demonstrating Hebrew as the language of the Jews until the dispersion in 132 AD. |
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3 | Did Jesus speak Greek in this verse? | Matt 16:18 | MJH | 181820 | ||
Thanks for the reply. Another good book is "Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus" by Bivin. But most on this forum stick stubernly to the Aramaic theory unfortunately. MJH |
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