Am I robbing Peter to pay Paul?

QashishaD at aol.com QashishaD at aol.com
Sat Jun 10 13:16:10 EDT 2000



In a message dated 10/06/00 9:43:28 AM, emory2002 at hotmail.com writes:

>Hence, this may account for their use of the Greek language being noticeably
>different, since it was not their native language, but they were 
>nevertheless proficient in it.
>
I would not make this assumption, Mark. While I think it evident that Paul 
spoke Greek, Peter and John may not have at all, or "just enough to get by." 
Furthermore, they may have penned their writings in Aramaic and had someone 
else translate it into Greek. The Aramaic version of Peter is MUCH more 
readable and has better quotations from the OT than the Greek version. While 
the Greek of 1Peter is the best in the NT, the text itself is a bit loose, 
compared to the Aramaic. 
Dimitri Grekoff



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