(May 31, 2012 at 2:40 pm)Minimalist Wrote: There is no evidence, at all, that the NT texts were ever written in Hebrew or even Aramaic.
Further, the style of address is Greco-Roman. "Joe of ........ " was used in the Greco-Roman world. A jew and a member of a priestly family would have been known as "Joe son of Whoever."
So you want word-for-word translations? We don't even tend to do those today for translating works between languages...when we do, we get those really cheesy, low-budget Kung-fu movies.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.