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During the time period just before, Greece had been one of the most powerful nations. Greek had become one of the common languages that everyone could use, kind of like English. Rome was somewhat new and when they suddenly had control themselves, the Greek language was still going around and spreading.

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Q: Why was Greek the common language throughout the Roman empire during the writing of the New Testament and not Latin?
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