Comedian Jim Gaffigan often jokes in his stand-up routines, “I speak English, the language Jesus spoke!” It always provokes laughs from the audience, but it also reminds us of a simple fact: Jesus did not speak English. Sometimes we forget that and it can affect the way we treat the words of Jesus that are printed in our Bibles.
Jesus lived in a certain period in history and in a specific region in the world. He was raised by parents who lived in that same area and who taught him how to speak using a language they were taught as children.
What language what it?
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