Claims to Greek from "From Jesus to Christ"

[Paul Younan]

Yes, Akhi. Notice the picture below:



This is from the official Hebrew version used in Synagogues today. Notice the original Hebrew on the far right and top. The Aramaic Targum (translation) is directly to the left of it. And finally, on the opposite page is the English Targum.

See how both Hebrew and Aramaic are placed side-by-side. This is because for more than two thousand years the Aramaic translation has helped the Jews understand what the original Hebrew says. And for modern-day Jews who understand neither, the English is provided on the opposite page.

The Jews would have not had a need for the Aramaic Targums to have been made if they still understood Hebrew when they returned from the Captivity.

So I think it's impossible for Matthew to have written a Gospel in Hebrew, because what would have been the point? (assuming he even knew how to compose in Hebrew) Who would have understood it, if they needed Aramaic Targums to understand an already Hebrew text - the O.T.!

And the O.T. is not entirely Hebrew. There are several chapters in several books that are in Aramaic. The O.T. is a Hebrew and Aramaic document.

Aramaic was already a biblical language before the N.T. came along. Unlike Greek.