Claims to Greek from "From Jesus to Christ"

[Dave]

Origen
COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW

FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF THE COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW

Concerning the four Gospels which alone are uncontroverted in the Church of God under heaven, I have learned by tradition that the Gospel according to Matthew, who was at one time a publican and afterwards an Apostle of Jesus Christ, was written first; and that he composed it in the Hebrew tongue and published it for the converts from Judaism. The second written was that according to Mark, who wrote it according to the instruction of Peter, who, in his General Epistle, acknowledged him as a son, saying, "The church that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son." And third, was that according to Luke, the Gospel commended by Paul, which he composed for the converts from the Gentiles. Last of all, that according to John

Language of the Hebrews could be Hebrew or Aramaic as your aware they are sister languages. Here we have Origen stating plainly Hebrew (as some special texts for religious usage were written in, and it would not be beyond Matthew the tax collector and learned person to utilize)

Papias was not the only person to write for future generations to come.

I think there are a few others who stated the same "Hebrew" language usage by Matthew, if one wants to do some digging on the internet.

EDIT: This is not a crusade here for me, I just remember a few quotes from church fathers when I was double checking things on Trimms usage of his Hebrew texts. For me, I see the usage of the semetic form as the priority and the Greek as something to compare to the semetic. If I have the semetic form in Hebrew and The Lord witnesses it to me as faithful, am I to say "no Lord your lying to me?"

Uhhhh, no.