• Jesus and the Idioms of His Time

    This article examines the main languages used by Jesus and his contemporaries in Palestine: Aramaic, the everyday language of the people; Hebrew, the liturgical language of the synagogues; and Koine Greek, the language of Roman administration and cultural exchange. New Testament examples illustrate each linguistic usage, revealing the richness of the multicultural context of the first century.

    Mark 5.41 (King James Version) :
    And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
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