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Cornelius in Acts 10
#16
much thanks to everyone who has contributed.

i appreciate the sound grammatical explanations that make total sense. thank you all for correcting my mislead interpretation!

for Paul:
just wondering, but wouldn't you think that such a devout man as Cornelius would have most likely been somewhat versed in Aramaic to interact with the Jews in the city? i won't exclude the probability of the conversation taking place in another language, and have no theological dispositions that would necessitate otherwise, but it seems logical that an angel of the "Semitic" Deity he was following would speak to him in a language that would uphold the direction in which his faith was progressing. just some thoughts. not necessarily important, but thoughts, nonetheless. <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->

Chayim b'Moshiach,
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#17
Burning one Wrote:just wondering, but wouldn't you think that such a devout man as Cornelius would have most likely been somewhat versed in Aramaic to interact with the Jews in the city?

Perhaps he was familiar enough with Aramaic.

Burning one Wrote:i won't exclude the probability of the conversation taking place in another language, and have no theological dispositions that would necessitate otherwise, but it seems logical that an angel of the "Semitic" Deity he was following would speak to him in a language that would uphold the direction in which his faith was progressing. just some thoughts. not necessarily important, but thoughts, nonetheless.

Well, I have always held the view that God isn't a "Semitic" Deity, but rather the God of all mankind. Had the audience He intended to reach at the time spoken, as I have always said, Swahili then the message would have been in Swahili.

I think God (and angels) speaks to people today in English, Arabic, Chinese and all other tongues that they may understand.

Could the conversation with Cornelius have been in Aramaic? It's possible, but I would bet that his first native tongue, the one he was most comfortable conversing in, would probably have been Latin as he was literally an Italian.

Imagine for a moment that God somehow revealed Himself to General Petraeus in Iraq today. I'm not doubting that the General knows enough Arabic to get by, but I would imagine that the likelihood of conversation taking place in English is more realistic than Arabic....no?
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#18
I don't know these two languages. but...

Surely the western "scholars" have neglected the influence of aramaic in the time of Mshikha!
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