The Age of the Peshitta

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We must also consider the testimony of Josephus who points out that Greek wasn't a spoken language of first century Israel due to Jewish Nation not encouraging the learning of Greek. Josephus points out that Greek was an unaccustomed language to Jews. Josephus also points out the extreme rarity in terms of Jews knowing Greek.

We also know that Pilate knew three languages - Aramaic, Greek, and Latin, because he wrote the inscription on the cross (John 19:19-22).

Josephus' testimony is in agreement with Acts 1:19 where field of blood was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem in their own language as Akeldama (transliteration of Aramaic words "Khqel Dama" in Peshitta).