What languages did Jesus Christ speak?

[HungAryan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_of_Jesus
Discuss.

[TheBorrebyViking]

Aramaic was his primary. His Hebrew and Greek I'm not sure about.

[Hurrem sultana]

he spoke very good serbo-croatian according to some jokes about jesus(from serbia) :P :D

[HungAryan]

Aramaic was his primary. His Hebrew and Greek I'm not sure about.

Hebrew was the language of the Old Testament, so he must have been able to understand it, if not speak it fluently.
Greek was also an important language at the time. It was the language of the major cities. Thus, Jesus was able to speak with a Roman soldier.


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[TheBorrebyViking]

Hebrew was the language of the Old Testament, so he must have been able to understand it, if not speak it fluently.
Greek was also an important language at the time. It was the language of the major cities. Thus, Jesus was able to speak with a Roman soldier.


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Well no duh that Hebrew was the language of the Jews, lol. Latin was also possible.

[Styggnacke]

Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek. His primary language was probably Aramaic.

[Mordid]

Nigerian.

[safinator]

Wasn't he Jesus Christ?
He can speak everything i believe.....

[Comte Arnau]

It is quite obvious that his first language must have been Galilean Aramaic. He also has had to speak Hebrew quite well. Both languages are closely related.

Greek was probably seen as a trade language, much like English is seen today in some areas of the world. It is likely that he knew some Greek, although not to the extent of the Semitic languages.

I don't think he knew Latin any more than a few words or expressions, even if he appears on films speaking in Latin to Pilate. That is, without the divine mode on, of course.

[Albion]

Aren't Aramaic and Hebrew very close anyway?

[Sylvanus]

Aren't Aramaic and Hebrew very close anyway?


This trilingual version of Sh'ma is an good example for the distance between aramaic and hebrew. First is the hebrew, second is the aramaic and the third is arabic.


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[Kacca]

he spoke every languages in fact he was god.

[HungAryan]

This trilingual version of Sh'ma is an good example for the distance between aramaic and hebrew. First is the hebrew, second is the aramaic and the third is arabic.


Ye9_MeQJr0E

Aramaic sounds weird... kinda like a speed up mix between Hebrew and Arabic.

[Comte Arnau]

This is Syriac, the evolution from Aramaic. (Only the hymn sung by this woman is in Syriac, after it I think they start to speak in Levantine Arabic)

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[Odoacer]

Aramaic was no doubt his first tongue; he would also have been fluent in Hebrew. Most likely he had at least limited fluency in Greek, as it was the lingua franca of the day. He also may possibly have known a bit of Latin.

[TheBorrebyViking]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/383745_301539463218213_227784227260404_828764_7702 43625_n.jpg

Spoke English :D

See I have proof :P

[aherne]

This trilingual version of Sh'ma is an good example for the distance between aramaic and hebrew. First is the hebrew, second is the aramaic and the third is arabic.


Ye9_MeQJr0E

Obviously very closely related languages. I remember speaking once with a Palestinian who told me he became master Hebrew speaker in less than a month. The difference is roughly the same as between Bavarian and Icelandic. One has to remember the only deep uncontroversial split in Semitic languages was that of Chaldean, who moved from deserts to Mesopotamia five thousand years ago and was profoundly affected by Sumerian, in both grammar and vocabulary. All other Semitic languages remained part of a dialect continuum well into historic era. Spread of Arabic has broke the dialect continuum, hence the appearance of distinct Hebrew, Arabic and Syriac languages.