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The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast

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What Languages Was the Bible Written In?

The New Testament was written in Greek and most people, you know, it's okay. But parts of the Bible, Daniel, this little nugget right here appear in Aramaic. The Persians in the sixth century under Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, Arctic Xerxes, they seem to latch on to Aramaic as a catch all language for communicating with their very diverse subjects across their massive empire that stretched as far as Egypt. For whatever reason, Jesus chooses to use Aramaic here.

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