What language did Jesus and the apostles speak? I hear that the New Testament was written in Greek. Was this their native language?
Actually, the question should be not "what language," but "which languages"! In Galilee, which is the northern part of Israel, not only were Aramaic and Hebrew spoken in the first century, but also Greek. So it is quite possible that Jesus was trilingual. (How about you?)
Their native tongue, at least the one they would have felt most comfortable speaking, was probably Aramaic, a language still spoken today in some parts of Southwest Asia!
But to put the languages in order of preference and understanding as far as my study has led me to believe:
1. Aramaic
2. Greek
3. Hebrew
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