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1 | Did the Gospel writers write in Greek | Bible general Archive 1 | Asis | 87996 | ||
So the common language of the disciples, Jews in Israel was Greek. Matthew and Mark and John were written in Greek? I can understand that Luke was written in Greek, but are you saying that the Book of Matthew, which is Jesus the culmination of the prophecies of the Old Testament was also written in Greek? Humph. What do you know. |
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2 | Did the Gospel writers write in Greek | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 88003 | ||
Asis, There is at least some evidence from the Early Church Fathers that the Gospel of Matthew was originally written in Aramaic or Hebrew. See the brief excerpt and links below. On another track: I once attended a talk on the Book of Revelation. The speaker made an interesting point in passing about Revelation and the disputes about its authorship. He said that many scholars complain that Revelation is written in a style of Greek that is much more crude than that of John's Gospel, although the themes are common. He went on to comment that when Revelation is tranliterated from Greek to Hebrew it is very good Hebrew compared to the rather rough Greek, indicating that it may have first been written in Hebrew. He felt this argued in favor of John the Apostle being the author. He did not make a big deal about this, but it really caught my attention for some reason. "FRAGMENTS OF PAPIAS FROM THE EXPOSITION OF THE ORACLES OF THE LORD. I. [THE writings of Papias in common circulation are five in number, and these are called an Exposition of the Oracles of the Lord. Irenaeus makes mention of these as the only works written by him, in the following words: "Now testimony is borne to these things in writing by Papias, an ancient man, who was a hearer of John, and a friend of Polycarp, in the fourth of his books; for five books were composed by him." Thus wrote Irenaeus. Moreover, Papias himself, in the introduction to his books, makes it manifest that he was not himself a hearer and eye-witness of the holy apostles; but he tells us that he received the truths of our religion from those who were aquainted with them [the apostles] in the following words:] ....... [This is what is related by Papias regarding Mark; but with regard to Matthew he has made the following statements]: Matthew put together the oracles [of the Lord] in the Hebrew language, and each one interpreted them as best he could" http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0125.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11457c.htm Emmaus |
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