The Bible was written in various languages by various people over time. The Greek Translation is just that - the New Testament in Greek. Greek was used as a diplomatic and trade language during the Roman Empire - Most of the Eastern Med had been greek speaking for centuries before the rise of Rome.
Translating into Greek was therefore a good way of increasing readership. Later translations to Latin and other languages were carried out for the same reasons.
Peter Peter or Petra is the Latin translation of the name Rock; Cephas is the Greek translation.
Absolutely. There are many published editions of the New Testament in its original Greek form available. (Actually, these are not translations, since Greek is the original language of the New Testament.)
AnswerPope Damasus commissioned Jerome to begin translating the New Testament from Greek into Latin. He continued the task after Damasus' death and began the translation of the Old Testament form both Greek and Hebrew.
The "official" Catholic version of the Bible is the New Vulgate Bible, which is the official Latin translation of the Sacred Scriptures based on the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation that Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, used when He was quoting from the Old Testament, and from the original Latin translation made by St. Jerome, of the Greek New Testament books.
The first was called the Septuagint. However, there are numerous Greek translations of the Old Testament now.
No the answer is Septuagint
Yes.The 'Old Testament' was written in Hebrew and Aramaic, but the 'New Testament', was written in Greek.Yes, the New Testament was written in Greek
The New Testament in the Original Greek was created in 1881.
The New Testament was originally written in Greek.
Ek Theou (from God) theikos (divine)
In the King James translation, Elijah is rendered as "Elias." This is not a "new" name; it's the Greek form of the Hebrew name "Elijah."
Christian-Greek Scriptures The New Testament can also be referred to as the New Covenant.