Christ is supposed to have been a Jew, and his disciples are said to have been Jewish fishermen. His language, and the language of his followers must, therefore, have been Aramaic -- the popular language of Palestine in that age. But the Gospels are written in Greek -- every one of them. Nor were they translated from some other language. Every leading Christian scholar since Erasmus, four hundred years ago, has maintained that they were originally written in Greek. This proves that they were not written by Christ's disciples, or by any of the early Christians. Foreign Gospels, written by unknown men, in a foreign tongue, several generations after the death of those who are supposed to have known the facts -- such is the evidence relied upon to prove that Jesus lived.
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Actually, Koine Greek was the lingua franca of the Eastern Empire, which had been part of the Hellenistic world created by Alexander before becoming part of the Roman Empire. It is simplified in respect of both vocabulary and syntax. Remember, the Septuagint was partially created because so few Jews outside of Palestine could read Hebrew with ease, Greek being their primary language. Thus, it is not very queer that the Gospels should have been written in Koine Greek..... |
