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My opinions may contradict what other Christians believe, but many of my arguments are also based on arguments given by a variety of Christian sources. I especially owe a debt of gratitude to the writings of Glenn Miller, J.P. Holding, Paul Maier, Grant R. Jeffrey, Lee Strobel, and Gerald Schroeder.
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Why Would The Jewish Apostles Have Written In Greek?
In the first century A.D., Greek was the primary language of the Roman Empire. If the apostles wanted their stories to reach out to as many people as possible, they would have written it in a language that was understood by as many people as possible. Had they written them in their native tongue, Aramaic, they would have been unreadable to the vast majority of their audience. Other Jewish writers of the 1st century, such as the historian Josephus, also wrote in Greek. Even if the authors were personally unable to write in Greek, they could easily have dictated the stories to someone more fluent, who did the physical writing.