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The New Testament was written entirely in Greek Koine, a dialect of Attic Greek.

KOINE Greek was the form of the language spread throughout the Near East by the conquests of Alexander the great. This was the language of the marketplace at the time of the early church. Since Greek was spoken as a trade language throughout much of the Roman Empire, Christianity was able to spread from region to region without a language barrier.

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Can a Greek translation bible still be obtained?

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.)


When was The New Testament in the Original Greek created?

The New Testament in the Original Greek was created in 1881.


Was the New Testament in the bible wrten in greek?

The original text was written in Kione Greek which was the common language of Eastern Mediterranean.


In what language was New Testament written?

The New Testament was written in Greek Koine.


What language is most of the old testament?

The original is almost all in Hebrew.


What are the original books of the New Testament?

it is nothing


What was koine?

The language the new testament was written in


What languages were the books of the Bible written in?

The original langues were Hebrew (old Testament) Chaldee (during the captivity of Judah in Babylon) and Greek (new Testament). These have been translated into nearly every language in existence


What language was the bible in the 1600?

The Bible was translated from the original languages into English in 1611 by about 50 scholarly men; but it had first been translated into English 80 years before that by William Tyndale. The original languages were Hebrew for the Old Testament and Greek for the New testament


What was the language in New Testament times?

In the times the New Testament was written, the official language was latin, since Rome was the emperor city. Jews official language was Hebrew and Greek was a very influencing language.


Who says the original language of the old testment is Hebrew?

No one does. The original language of the Old Testament was both Hebrew and Arahmaic. The Book of Daniel was written in Babylon.


What was the language of the first bible?

The Old Testament was written mostly in Aramaic and Hebrew. The New Testament was written mostly in Greek. There are no original texts, but a huge number of very early texts, so, though we can not absolutely prove the original language, it is extremely unlikely that the originals were written in anything other than Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew.