Bible Question: Did the Gospel writers write in Greek or Aramaic |
Bible Answer: Asis It was done in Greek. The Greeks philosophy of conquest was to simulate their culture into that of the area they just conquered. After Alexander conquered the area, Greek became the common language. This is very important in the plan of things because Greek was nearly universally used in all the civilized world of the time. This made the documents of the New Testament universally available to all. As far as I know one part of Daniel was written in Aramaic, the rest of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. Later translated in Greek known as the Septuagint. EdB |