Most of the books of the New Testament, except for the Gospel of Luke, the Epistle to the Hebrews and several of Paul's letters, were written in [[Koine Greek]], a form of Greek used as a lingua franca around the eastern part of the Roman Empire at the time, rather than the [[Aramaic]] that would have actually been spoken in the events described. | Most of the books of the New Testament, except for the Gospel of Luke, the Epistle to the Hebrews and several of Paul's letters, were written in [[Koine Greek]], a form of Greek used as a lingua franca around the eastern part of the Roman Empire at the time, rather than the [[Aramaic]] that would have actually been spoken in the events described. |