Obviously, he spoke Greek. That would explain why some of the things he says are only intelligible in the Greek language.Stephan Huller wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/pope-netanyahu-sp ... 8A9ZLQtDMD
"Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew," Netanyahu told Francis, at a public meeting in Jerusalem in which the Israeli leader cited a strong connection between Judaism and Christianity.
"Aramaic," the pope interjected.
"He spoke Aramaic, but he knew Hebrew," Netanyahu shot back.
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“The only sensible response to fragmented, slowly but randomly accruing evidence is radical open-mindedness. A single, simple explanation for a historical event is generally a failure of imagination, not a triumph of induction.” William H.C. Propp
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Well when they invented him they did not know what language he was suppose to speak? Just asking.
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In Mark 15:34 they make him speak Aramaic. So supposedly he speaks Aramaic. But he is based on Caesar, who spoke Latin and Greek…The Crow wrote:Well when they invented him they did not know what language he was suppose to speak? Just asking.
http://www.carotta.de/subseite/texte/esumma.html
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OK, that explains it. I will read the link thanks.ghost wrote:In Mark 15:34 they make him speak Aramaic. So supposedly he speaks Aramaic. But he is based on Caesar, who spoke Latin and Greek…The Crow wrote:Well when they invented him they did not know what language he was suppose to speak? Just asking.
http://www.carotta.de/subseite/texte/esumma.html