{"id":28480,"date":"2013-08-17T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T01:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=28480"},"modified":"2020-12-10T20:57:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T02:57:51","slug":"was-the-new-testament-written-in-greek-or-aramaic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-the-new-testament-written-in-greek-or-aramaic\/","title":{"rendered":"Was the New Testament written in Greek or Aramaic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>In what language was the New Testament written: Greek or Aramaic?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>The New Testament was written in Greek. All the earliest manuscripts are in Greek. The style of writing is in the Greek style, though some of the writers, such as Matthew, wrote with a Hebrew &#8220;accent,&#8221; if you would, but it was still in Greek. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-matthew-originally-written-in-hebrew-or-aramaic\/\">Was Matthew originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic?<\/a>\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n<p>Probably the easiest proof is to note that frequently when a statement is transliterated from Aramaic or Hebrew, the meaning is translated for the reader into Greek.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,&#8221; which is translated, &#8220;God with us&#8221; <\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 1:23).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, &#8220;Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?&#8221; that is, &#8220;My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?&#8221; <\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 27:46).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, &#8220;Talitha, cumi,&#8221; which is translated, &#8220;Little girl, I say to you, arise&#8221; <\/em>&#8221; (Mark 5:41).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull<\/em>&#8221; (Mark 15:22).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, &#8220;Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?&#8221; which is translated, &#8220;My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?&#8221; <\/em>&#8221; (Mark 15:34).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, &#8220;What do you seek?&#8221; They said to Him, &#8220;Rabbi&#8221; (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), &#8220;where are You staying?&#8221; <\/em>&#8221; (John 1:38).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, &#8220;We have found the Messiah&#8221; (which is translated, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, &#8220;You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas&#8221; (which is translated, A Stone)<\/em>&#8221; (John 1:41-42).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus<\/em>&#8221; (Acts 9:47).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<em>For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated &#8220;king of righteousness,&#8221; and then also king of Salem, meaning &#8220;king of peace&#8221; <\/em>&#8221; (Hebrews 7:1-2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One doesn&#8217;t give translations when the work is written in that language. For detailed arguments, see the rebuttal to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-new-testament-was-written-in-hebrew-not-greek\/\">The New Testament was written in Hebrew, not Greek!<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: In what language was the New Testament written: Greek or Aramaic? Answer: The New Testament was written in Greek. All the earliest manuscripts are in Greek. The style of writing is in the Greek style, though some of the writers, such as Matthew, wrote with a Hebrew &#8220;accent,&#8221; if you would, but it was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[219,799,311],"class_list":["post-28480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-bible","tag-new-testament","tag-translations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14679,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-matthew-originally-written-in-hebrew-or-aramaic\/","url_meta":{"origin":28480,"position":0},"title":"Was Matthew originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: One of the problems I would have with\u00a0your explanation\u00a0is whether or not Matthew wrote the words in Greek or did he write the words in the original Aramaic.\u00a0 Most Bible scholars believe that Matthew wrote in Aramaic and while Mark's words are almost identical, he too was a Jew\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23494,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/my-research-says-that-matthew-mistranslated-eli-eli-lama-sabachthani\/","url_meta":{"origin":28480,"position":1},"title":"My research says that Matthew mistranslated &#8220;Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?&#8221;","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am sorry I am going to have to agree with the guy who questioned you on\u00a0\"Could Jesus have said \"My God, my God, for this I was kept?\". 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You see, if it was written in Hebrew or Aramaic as has been recently popular to claim, there would be no need to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39665,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-language-was-the-new-testament-written-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":28480,"position":3},"title":"What language was the New Testament written in?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What is the real Greek of the New Testament? Koine Greek or Aramaic? Wikipedia says suggests it is Aramaic Greek, but I was taught it was Koine Greek but you can find many websites that say it was Koine Greek, this has become very confusing to me. Which is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19744,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-are-translations-in-greek-instead-of-hebrew-the-language-jesus-spoke-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":28480,"position":4},"title":"Why are translations in Greek instead of Hebrew, the language Jesus spoke in?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why are all of your translations in Greek instead of Hebrew, which would be the language Jesus spoke in? Answer: The following is specific toward Matthew, which is usually the one book people like to claim was originally written in Hebrew:\u00a0Was Matthew originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic? 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