But was Luke originally written in aramaic?

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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.

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Lots of names in our time are from foreign origin. Lots of Jews had Greek names and probably, names were given just as in our time, named to famous people like Alexander the Great.


Secondly, Theophilus IS a latinized name. In the Peshitta it is Theophil.

As with many names, in english Bibles, the Greek names were Latinized. Petros became Petrus, Paulos became Paulus (in Dutch) etc.

Would you not think, then, that Petrus had Latin as mother tongue?

The fun thing is, the one who wrote : Maran Atha (The Lord has Come!) had a Latin name, but we can be sure that he did not speak Latin <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->