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The '''Language of Jesus''' was long assumed to have been [[Aramaic]], but with modern linguistic scholarship has been called into question. Other possibilities include [[Hebrew]], which was more prevalent then than previously understood, and [[Greek]].
The '''language of Jesus''' was long assumed to have been [[Aramaic]], but with modern linguistic scholarship has been called into question. Other possibilities include [[Hebrew]], which was more prevalent then than previously understood, and [[Greek]].
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[[category:Christianity]]
In fact, modern linguistic evidence, combined with the discovery of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] and their extensive use of [[Greek]], is overwhelming that Jesus taught in [[Greek]].<ref>November 27, 2020. [https://tyndalehouse.com/explore/articles/did-jesus-speak-greek/#:~:text=So%20did%20Jesus%20speak%20Greek,alongside%20Aramaic%20in%20Roman%20Palestine Did Jesus speak Greek?] ''Tyndale House Cambridge''. Retrieved December 31, 2022.</ref>
The [[Gospel of Mark]] and, to a lesser extent, the [[Gospel of Matthew]], describes [[Jesus]] as speaking several [[Aramaic]] phrases. The [[Gospel of Luke]], at {{bibleref|Luke|4|16}}, describes Jesus as reading [[Hebrew]] in a synagogue. But the structure of the [[Beatitudes]] and phrases like "hypocrite", which are uniquely Greek in origin, confirm that Jesus taught in Greek. It can be considered [[liberal denial]] to insist otherwise.
==See also==
*[[Jesus and Hebrew]]
==References==
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