Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

George:

On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:35 AM, George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>wrote:

> I can't remember the source, but I remember reading many years ago that
> Galilee had the highest density of Greeks outside the Aegean within the
> entire Roman Empire in the first century. It's almost implausible that
> Jesus did not speak at least some Greek.
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Dean of Research,
> Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
> Sydney, Australia
>

I didn’t say he didn’t speak Greek, rather that he spoke Aramaic as his
mother tongue and continued to speak it into adulthood as his main language.

But he seemed to have no trouble speaking to Pilot or to Greeks who came to
Jerusalem, so he probably spoke Greek as well. Most likely.

Karl W. Randolph.