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Most scholars agree that the New Testament was written in Greek. There are no surviving original manuscripts, but there are some reasonably old ones. One reasons that the New Testament was written in Greek and not Hebrew is that Hebrew was no longer a day-to-day language, even among the Palestinian Jews, who now spoke Aramaic. The Diaspora Jews spoke Greek.Among the major books of the New Testament:

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews is almost universally regarded as an exceptional work of Greek writing. Even in the early centuries of the Church, commentators wrote of its elegant Greek style.
  • Paul's epistles were written in Greek, for a Gentile audience.
  • Mark, Matthew and Luke contain substantial sections of text that are identical in Greek, because the authors of Matthew and Luke used Mark as their major source. If translation from or to Aramaic (or Hebrew) had been involved, the translation process would have resulted in changes to the text, but not the meaning. Matthew used the Greek 'Septuagint' translation of the Hebrew Bible for his Old Testament references, indicating that he was more familiar with Greek than with Hebrew. Luke inadvertently conjoined Mark's previous/subsequent text surrounding the Missing Block, using the same Greek words. So, all the New Testament gospels were written in Greek.
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Is amen in he original manuscripts of New Testament writing?

No original manuscripts of the New Testament exist.Therefore, whether or not a certain word appeared or not in the original manuscripts is largely a matter of conjecture or debate. Strictly speaking, even the existence of "the original manuscripts of New Testament writing" in a form that we would all recognize as such, hasn't been proven, even though most people may assume that they existed in some form. http://www.answers.com/topic/biblicalmanuscript#Dating_the_New_Testament_manuscripts This link, attached below, states; The New Testament books appear to have been completed within the 1st century. However, the original manuscripts of the New Testament books do not survive today. The autographs were lost or destroyed a long time ago. What survives are copies of the original. Generally speaking, these copies were made centuries after the originals from other copies rather than from the autograph. However, the word "amen" does exist in most copies of the New Testament available nowadays. Further up on the page from the link provided, it states; There has been an estimate of between 200,000 and 300,000 variations among all the manuscripts (from the 2nd to 15th century) which is more variations than words in the New Testament. Nevertheless, the use of the word "amen" in Hebrew at that time (and previously) seems to lend credence to the belief that its use in any "original manuscripts" of New Testament writings is indeed plausible.


What were the original documents in the New Testament called?

If you are referring to the manuscripts of the writings of the Apostles and some disciples, these eventually became known as the New Testament.


what languages was the original bible written in?

The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew, with some parts in Aramaic and a few words of Persian.The New Testament was originally written in Greek.aramaicAnswer:The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew, with some portions written in Aramaic. The New Testament was originally written entirely in Koine (common) Greek.


What was the original language of the bible?

The Old Testament was primarily written originally in Hebrew, though some sections were originally in Aramaic. The New Testament was originally written in Greek, although again a minority of scholars believe that Matthew was originally written in Aramaic. Counting the apocrypha (Judith, Tobith, Wisdom, Sirach, etc.) as deuterocanonical, they were originally written in Greek, for the most part.


How many manuscripts are there of the New Testament?

There are more than 24,000 surviving manuscripts or pieces of the New Testament manuscripts. Of these the earliest manuscripts date back to 130 AD. This is just decades after Mark was written in 50 AD. And of the discrepancies that are "found" they are differences of 'he' verses 'him' or 'they' and 'them' or misspellings of the word because at that time the early Christians had to spread the Gospel quickly and the error checking like that of the Old Testament was not available and was not the most viable solution. Keep in mind Plato was written between 427-347 BC and the earliest copy is from 900AD. That is 1200 years and there are only 7 copies of the original.


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


Most accurate version of the Bible?

The original manuscripts


What was the original language of the New Testament?

The original language of the New Testament was Greek.


Which Bible translation is considered the most faithful to the original manuscripts?

The Bible translation considered most faithful to the original manuscripts is the New American Standard Bible (NASB).


What name do you give for an author's original copy of a book?

Manuscripts


When was The New Testament in the Original Greek created?

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


How old are the original greek manuscripts of bible?

1500 Years old.