Originally Posted by DCHindley

I am not aware of the Vatican having any particular position on the languages Jesus spoke. Are you thinking of breakaway Catholic Mel Gibson's movie "Passion of Christ?" He does not represent the Pope or the Roman Catholic church in general. David Green, president of Hobby Lobby Inc whitch operates over 400 retail craft stores, is a Baptist who happens to have an interest in the textual remains of bible texts, and based on his comments, he seems to be rather well informed about them (I did not note any factual errors in his statements, or obvious bias other than his admiration for the texts).

While the Gospels were written in Greek, and feature quotes attributed to him, common inscriptions as well as Aramisms in the Greek gospels indicate that the peasant language, as well as that of the Judean temple authorities, was Aramaic. Josephus and even Talmudic sayings suggest that Jews who studied Greek language were the exceptions, like Philo, not the rule. The common language of the Roman governors of Judea and the client king Agrippa, ruler of Galilee and Perea, and Greek cities or estates under control of Roman elites was Greek.

DCH

Originally Posted by sotto voce

There is a massive clue here. One can follow it, or not.