What language was Mark's Gospel written in?

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A:All four New Testament gospels were written in Greek Koine, a dialect of Attic Greek. This can be demonstrated by looking at the text of each gospel.

The sources believed to have been used for Mark's Gospel were written in Greek. There are some minor references to Aramaic, but these only prove that the Gospel was certainly not written in Aramaic or Hebrew.

When Matthew and Luke are laid side by side with Mark's Gospel and read synoptically ('with the same eye') in the Greek language, a literary dependency becomes obvious. Whenever Matthew and Luke agree with Mark, the words are often exactly the same in the Greek language. This results from much of Matthew and Luke being copied from Mark and, for the consistent coincidence of wordings, this can only have been in the Greek language. Similarly, whenever Matthew and Lukeagree on material not present in Mark, the words are once again often exactly the same in the Greek language. This results from sayings material in Matthew and Luke being copied from the hypothetical 'Q' document, which in turn was in the Greek language.

Although John's Gospel is not synoptic, it has been established that it was loosely based on Luke, with some material taken direct from Mark. There is evidence that this copying was also undertaken in Greek. Some material in John makes use of pecularities in the Greek language, requiring it to have been written in Greek.

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Scholars say there can be no dispute that all four gospels were written in Greek Koine. Greek Koine was a simplified Greek dialect developed in the Hellenistic Empire and was based on Attic Greek.

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The predominant copies are in the Greek but some were written in the Hebrew (Matthew).

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All the New Testament gospels were written originally in Greek Koine. It was formerly believed that Matthew's Gospel was the lone exception, but it is now recognised by New Testament scholars that this gospel must have been written in Greek. This is shown by the fact that the author quite faithfully followed the original wording, in Greek, of both St. Mark's Gospel and the 'Q' document. This is also confirmed by his use of the Septuagint, an early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, for his Old Testament references. An author writing in Hebrew or Aramaic would have used the Hebrew scriptures for references.

Answer 2

A:Mark's Gospel was written in Greek Koine, a dialect of Attic Greek, as were the other gospels that were subsequently based on Mark's Gospel. Greek Koine had become the lingua franca throughout the Hellenistic world, except among the Palestinian Jews.

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Greek

Luke's Gospel was written in Koine Greek. The 'common dialect' of Greek that was used in the ancient Near East.

Answer 4

The books of the New Testament were all written in Greek Koine.