(February 6, 2014 at 2:34 am)EvolutionKills Wrote: events, by anonymous authors who were not eye-witnesses. Not only that, but even if Jesus did exist, he would have spoken Hebrew and Aramaic; the Gospels were written down in Greek.
Matthew and John were both apostles and their gospels were written within their lifetimes. The other writers were close associates of witnesses. Mark was a companion of Peter, who also wrote two books proclaiming the re[/quote]ssurected Christ. It doesn't matter what language they were written in. We read them in English or whatever language we speak. Since the new testament writings were not only addressed to the Jews it would have made sense to write in the prevailing language of the day which was Greek.
