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| Title: Did Jesus ever teach in Greek? Pages: 199-235 Type: Generic Year: 1993 Abstract: "It is still not commonly recognized how strong the likelihood is that Jesus not only had sufficient linguistic competence to converse in Greek during his ministry. After discussing Greek as the lingua franca of the Greco-Roman world and the influence of Greek in lower Galilee and Palestine, the article examines various NT passages (Mk 15,2-5 parr; Mk 7,25-30; Jn 12,20-28; Mt 8,5-13 par; Mk 8,27-30 parr.) that may record the words of Jesus. It is probable that we have Jesus' actual words in Mk 15,2 parr. and a passage of his teaching originally delivered in Greek in Mt 16,17-19. - C.R.M." Keywords: New Testament / Early Christianity |