02-23-2011, 02:12 PM
According to information in introduction/Peshitta on this site "... the Church of the East received the scriptures from the hands of the blessed Apostles themselves in the Aramaic original..."
But was Luke originally written in aramaic?
Surely this cant be true as the document was dedicated to one "most honorable Theophilus," (Luke 1:3), a very Roman sounding name.
This document must have been drafted much later because the author claimed: "...many have desired to have in writing the story of those works with which we are familiar..." which were "handed down to us".
If we accept this statement then Luke cant have been written by the apostles because the stories were handed down to him.
But was Luke originally written in aramaic?
Surely this cant be true as the document was dedicated to one "most honorable Theophilus," (Luke 1:3), a very Roman sounding name.
This document must have been drafted much later because the author claimed: "...many have desired to have in writing the story of those works with which we are familiar..." which were "handed down to us".
If we accept this statement then Luke cant have been written by the apostles because the stories were handed down to him.