Jesus speaks Aramaic

Word of God came flesh - this is called the mystery of incarnation by Christian theologians - and was born in Bethlehem, Efrata, in the Promised Land of Israel.

The stories about Jesus in the Gospels and the early Christian history in Acts of Apostles and the teachings in the Letters of Paul and others as well as the Revelation are all written in colloquial Greek called koinee.

But from various sources we know today that at the time Jesus of Nazareth lived in occupied Palestine, Galilee and Judea, the people were talking a West Semitic language called Aramaic.

The holy language of the Jews living there was West Semitic Hebrew - the language that God spoke to Moses.

The "Hebrew Bible" contains also some sections written in Biblical Aramaic.


Old Testament Aramaic

Undisputed occurrences

• Ezra 4:8–6:18 and 7:12–26 – quotations of documents from the 5th century BCE concerning the restoration of the temple in Jerusalem.
• Daniel 2:4b–7:28 – five tales about Daniel and his colleagues, and an apocalyptic vision.
• Jeremiah 10:11 – a single sentence denouncing idolatry occurs in the middle of a Hebrew text.
• Genesis 31:47 – translation of a Hebrew place-name.

Other suggested occurrences

• Genesis 15:1 – the word במחזה (ba-maħaze, "in a vision"). According to the Zohar (I:88b), this word is Aramaic, as the usual Hebrew word would be במראה (ba-mar’e).
• Numbers 23:10 – the word רבע (rôḇa‘, usually translated as "stock" or "fourth part"). Rabbi J.H. Hertz, in his commentary on this verse, cites an unnamed scholar's claim that this is an Aramaic word meaning "dust."
• Job 36:2a – Rashi, in his commentary on this verse, states that this phrase is in Aramaic.

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Aramaic of Jesus
New Testament Greek texts contain some expressions in Jesus mother tongue Aramaic.

Sikera
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit. Luke 1:15

Boanerges
And James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, and he gave them the name Boanerges, which is Sons of Thunder. Mark 3:17

Cephas
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John, you shall be called Cephas", which is translated 'Peter'. John 1:42

Thomas
Then Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to his co-disciples, "Now let us go that we might die with him!" John 11:16

Talitha kum
And taking the hand of the child, he said to her, "Talitha kum", which translates as, "Little girl, I say to you, get up." Mark 5:41

Ephphatha
And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," which is 'be opened'. Mark 7:34

Abba
"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." Mark 14:36

Raca
"But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother [without a cause] shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." Matthew 5:22

Mammon
"No one can serve two masters: for either they will hate the one, and love the other; or else they will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:22

Rabbuni
Jesus said unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. John 20:16

Korban
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, ‘It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.’ Matthew 27:6

Lama sabachthani
And at the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, "Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, my God, for what have you forsaken me?" Mark 15:34

The Gospels mention place names in Jerusalem that are Aramaic:

• Aceldama 
• Pool of Bethesda 
• Gabbatha 
• Gethsemane 
• Golgotha.

(For detailed discussion on these and other Aramaic words in New Testament see the wikipedia article)