//His apostles had a handle on Greek and Latin. They were not as ignorant as you may think.//

So-called new testament was written in Greek not Latin.>>>>>

They were traveling through the Roman Empire, converting Roman citizens. It was the universal language of the time. Of course, they spoke some Latin.

Why do you think a Jewish Rabbi, in the Holy Land would not know Hebrew, the language of the Torah?

I'm happy for your financial success. However, most young Americans kissed a one income per houshold success plan away, when our economy became based on a dual income:laws of Supply and demand. Keep both parties working, keeps population production down, and this will not spell success for future generations.

Unchecked Capitalism was wrong, too, though.

mlk:     //His apostles had a handle on Greek and Latin. They were not as ignorant as you may think.//

Opus:     <<<<So-called new testament was written in Greek not Latin.>>>>>

mlk:     //They were traveling through the Roman Empire, converting Roman citizens. It was the universal language of the time. Of course, they spoke some Latin.//

Then you and I aren't discussing the same people.  If the apostles/disciples existed, they spoke the language of their villages (Aramaic, possibly Hebrew, but Greek for sure to transact business).  The evangelizers were Gentiles who, according to the xn bible, spread into Greek speaking Asia Minor (e.g., Antioch, Ephesus, Cappadocia) where Greek was the lingua franca.  Paul's letter to the Roman church was written in Greek.  The so-called new testament was written in Greek.  Rome administered its Eastern Empire half in Greek.

//Why do you think a Jewish Rabbi, in the Holy Land would not know Hebrew, the language of the Torah?//

What Jewish rabbi?  The language of the Torah in 1st century CE Judea was Greek--the Septuagint.

<<<<They were traveling through the Roman Empire, converting Roman citizens. It was the universal language of the time. Of course, they spoke some Latin.<<

This Christian website disagrees with you. >>>

Yes, Greek was used throughout the Mediterrainean World since the time of Alexander, but the Romans who came in, did speak and write in Latin. That is why you find artifacts from that time period in the Holy Land in Latin. Paul was a Roman citizen and educated so he would have spoken Latin.

Mostly for official business.  The language of day to day life was Greek, according to most reputable scholars.

Assuming any of the alleged biographical details are historical, Jesus grew up in Nazareth, the "Native Quarter" of Sepphoris, a Greek-speaking city. It is easy to believe he spoke Greek in order to do business in that city, which was being rebuilt after its punitive destruction. There would have been lots of work for carpenters, builders and architects. The word used to describe Joseph's profession  is Tekton, which could mean any of those.

Of course he would do business in the language of his customers.

No doubt Paul knew Latin as he is supposed to have travelled to the Latin-speaking part of the empire, at least if he reached Rome. But on Malta it would have been Phoenician, the ancestor of modern Maltese.

Most humans, outside the US and Britain, speak more than one language routinely.

The method of "postulating" what we want has many advantages; 
they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

Bertrand Russell

NWA pilot who turned off ground communication.

Snoozing.

Yes, Greek was used throughout the Mediterrainean World since the time of Alexander, but the Romans who came in, did speak and write in Latin. That is why you find artifacts from that time period in the Holy Land in Latin. Paul was a Roman citizen and educated so he would have spoken Latin.

You really need to study some history as your picture of the past is not accurate.

Diocletianus split the empire into parts. The western empire used Latin officially. The eastern empire based on Constantinople (in Diocletian's time it was nearby Nicomedia) used Greek for almost all purposes. The last emperor in the east to use Latin officially was Justinianus whose summary of the Roman law was the last document in Latin. After his time everything was in greeak.

But ordinary people used a variety of languages. In Egypt most people spoke Coptic but there were also Greek speakers and Arabic speakers too. In large parts of what is now the Middle east or Levant Aramaic was the main language.

What language did Paul use? As he came from the East he is bound to have used Greek for his written work. Did he speak any other language? Probably Aramaic. It's quite likely he knew Latin too.

In so far as Jesus existed he would have learned Greek in Sepphoris, Aramaic for everyday use and any other languages from his voyages. (I suspect he might have picked up some Keltic from his visits to Britain where he got most of his ideas. During his visits to Balkh in Central Asia (near modern Mazar e Sharif) he could probably have got by in Greeak as that was the time of the Greco-Buddhist culture).

<<<<<You really need to study some history as your picture of the past is not accurate.

Diocletianus split the empire into parts. The western empire used Latin officially. The eastern empire based on Constantinople (in Diocletian's time it was nearby Nicomedia) used Greek for almost all purposes.>>>

The beauty of the internet is that you can really check information easily. We all make mistakes. According to the sites I looked at, Diocletian(us) was emperor in 245AD -305 AD...so his "Tetrarchic System that divided his empire into two, came a bit after the life of Jesus and his apostles......

>>> I can't see how a person could earn the title "Rabbi" and not know Hebrew. <<<