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The Original Wisdom of Jesus as Spoken in His Native Aramaic - Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. - ND3775

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Lemuskene Iberuch - The New Testament Version

Aramaic Christians today say that this was the original version. It's much closer to what Jesus spoke than any Greek version. Lemuskene Iberuch, translated as poor in spirit, is an Aramaic idiom. Malcutta d'ishmayi mentions it again and again in the New Testament over and over. But actually although there were kings and queens at the time, what he's really talking about is a sense of empowerment with vision inside us.

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