Jesus spoke Galilean Aramaic. Therefore, if the Gospels were written in Greek, they cannot be the original words of Jesus. They are translations, and translation inherently introduces corruption and unreliability
>>18578002If your book is divinely-inspired, give me the book in the language Jesus spoke. You cannot build a religion on a translation.
>>18578002Greek in the near east was a common language at the time because of the Seleucid dynasty and hellenism. Every educated person in the region would have spoken Greek. There is no evidence that the gospels are a translation, they were merely written in Greek because it would have better circulation among people who could actually read.
>>18578171So you think that not only Jesus, but the random people in the crowds he was speaking to spoke greek? Or did you not understand the OP post and think he was saying the Gospels are translations from Aramaic gospels?
>>185780021. Jesus would have spoken often in Greek as every time He would have spoken to the Romans, who would speak Greek and nothing else 2. The evangelists were filled with the Holy Spirit, and could not err in any way, including a translational error.
>>18578188Almost certainly the majority of Jews would have spoken Greek, as would have been very beneficial to them under the Roman occupation. The legionaries had a right to order them to carry their pack for a mile, and if they refused they suffered harsh punishment. They needed to know what they were saying.
>>18578199yeah, the illiterate crowds and fishermen disciples following jesus definitely were comfortable speaking greek. you may be retarded
I have to side with jews here their religion was co-opted by slave moralists translating Hebrew into Greek and distributing it to gentile
>>18578002IF Jesus was god walking the earth don’t you think he could speak any language he wanted? Don’t you think he’d know his message would got lost in translation. I’m not a Christian but god incarnate would know
>>18578212>argumentum ad lapidem
>>18578171>>18578194>>18578199>>18578263If your book is divinely-inspired, give me the book in the original language Jesus spoke. You cannot build a religion on a translation.
>>18578002Literally a Muslim argument but okay
>>18578318Most of the Quran is Greek crappily translated to Arabic.
>>18578002Ye. Every branch understands that except for some ameri prots. Translations are fine. Updating translations is also fine. >>18578004Reality proves you different.>>18578212Yes. A lot of them were comfortable with greek, yes, even the most rural country bumpkin would speak it because he'd need it to go to the market to trade his fish or grain or whatever.In fact ossuary inscriptions from Jerusalem have a substantial fraction in Greek, sometimes bilingual with Hebrew/Aramaic. Legal documents from the Judean desert are in Greek, Aramaic, and Nabatean. Septuagint existed. Etc.
>>18578894>Yes. A lot of them were comfortable with greek, yes, even the most rural country bumpkin would speak it because he'd need it to go to the market to trade his fish or grain or whatever.No, they weren’t. Only colonizer elites spoke Greek, the populace exclusively spoke Aramaic and given that the gospel was originally said in Aramaic, the original Aramaic version is superior to any silly Greek translation
>>18578004>You cannot build a religion on a translation.Love your neighbor as yourself.
>>18578922Yes nobody ever bothered learning a second language in the history of mankind.
>>18578318>You cannot build a religion on a translationI reject this premise. Prove it.
>>18578924Not if it’s a colonizer tongue spoken by colonizer elites
>>18578199>The legionaries had a right to order them to carry their pack for a mile, and if they refused they suffered harsh punishment. They needed to know what they were saying.The Romans wouldn't be speaking Greek outside of the elites.
>>18578318>You cannot build a religion on a translation.well, they did
