---
title: 'The Public Language of Our Lord'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Bell Woodworth'
date: 1897-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Reformation History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 1'
- 'Luke 1'
- 'John 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/woodworth-1897-the-public-language-of-our-lord
---

# The Public Language of Our Lord

Essay examines whether Jesus spoke Greek or Aramaic, surveying patristic witnesses, the synoptic problem, and textual traditions in the context of Reformation debates over the Lord's public language.

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