Did Jesus know Latin ?

[ben]

fourd...@earthlink.net (Steven Dufour) wrote in message news:<IXTl8.2833$s8.2...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> BTW The only use of the word "latin" in the Bible (KJV) is about the sign on the
> cross which was in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. It seems that there must have been
> some people around who could read it.
>
> no_...@bigpond.com writes:
> > On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:28:17 GMT,Peter Mackay
> > <peter....@bigpond.com.aus> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >> The references I've seen say that Jesus spoke Aramaic, and likely knew
> > >> a "tad" of Greek. I've not seen a reference to his knowing any Latin.
> > >
> > >The Romans were occupying his country - I'd say he knew at least a few
> > >words - it's like saying that French people knew no German during WW2
> > >when France was occupied.
> > >

> > >And given that the first scriptures were in Greek, at a time when the
> > >Romans were persecuting Christians, there would have been little
> > >incentive to push the idea that he had little Latin and less Greek.
> > >
> > >Why on earth would he know any Greek, anyway? Were there Greek settlers
> > >or traders in his everyday world?
> > >
> > >We may be sure of Aramaic, and as Latin was the language of the
> > >occupying power, at least a few words of Latin sounds reasonable.
> >
> >
> > Jesus spoke Aramaic as did his people, as well as Greek, as did most
> > of the occupying Romans of the time.
> >
> > Since the days of Alexander the Great, an educated Roman spoke and
> > read Greek, not "latin". Remember that Rome had a very mixed history
> > and after it conquered Italy, it formed very close alliances with
> > Ptolemaic Egypt and later with the Hellenized South, bringing strong
> > Hellenistic (Greek) influences.
> >
> > In Biblical times, not very many Romans could speak Aramaic and since
> > Jesus was able to speak to them, he must have spoken Greek. The New
> > Testament was written in Greek.
> >
> > When Jesus was on the Cross, it was recorded Mk xv 34 that he called
> > out in Aramaic. The Gospels record Jesus speaking in Aramaic only
> > three times.
> >
> > I don't feel that there can be any doubt that Jesus spoke Greek, but
> > there may be doubt that he knew latin.
> >
> > Remember that Jesus' brother James, wrote in Greek, not Aramaic or
> > Latin, and those writings survived. The Bible was translated from
> > Greek and Hebrew into Latin, not the other way around.
> >
> > David
> >

>> &#304; think he couldn't know latin ,he spoke Aramaic and his f&#305;rst bibble
>> was in Aramaic too.. And that's why &#304; think today's bibble is modified
>>>during the time it reached nowadays. The people who wrote today's bibble
>>>are some religious such as St Paul etc..So it's not the God's paroles &#304;
>>>think

>>>Mahmut