Aramaic Matthew or Hebrew Matthew

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Hebrew was almost nothing but a liturgical language during that time too. Most Jews could only converse in Aramaic. This is evidenced by the Targums, which were Aramaic translations of the Old Testament made for the benefit of the common people. Jesus could clearly speak Hebrew though, as Luke 4:16-20 tells us that Jesus read from the Tanakh scroll of Isaiah. At this time, the Targums had not yet been written down.