What language did Jesus commonly speak?

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Jesus spoke Aramaic in Matthew 27:

46 about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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The language of Jesus and his disciples is believed to be Aramaic.[1][2] This is the common language of Judea in the first century AD, most likely a Galilean dialect distinguishable from that of Jerusalem.[3] This is generally agreed upon by historians. The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his time, were Aramaic-speaking communities.[4] It is also likely that Jesus knew enough Koine Greek to converse with those not native to Judea, and it is reasonable to assume that Jesus was well versed in Hebrew for religious purposes.[5][6][7]
Jesus preached to the crowd in Aramaic. That was the common people's language in Judea.

On some rare occasions, he might have used Greek.
 
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Jesus spoke Aramaic in Matthew 27:


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Jesus preached to the crowd in Aramaic. That was the common people's language in Judea.

On some rare occasions, he might have used Greek.
Yeah, Jesus spoke Aramaic. His native name: is Yeshua, which translates roughly to Joshua.
 
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Yeah, Jesus spoke Aramaic. His native name: is Yeshua, which translates roughly to Joshua.
There’s some fun facts about the pre-Diaspora usage and spelling of the specific Hebrew name “Joshua”… :D It involves the WaW sound.
 
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There’s some fun facts about the pre-Diaspora usage and spelling of the specific Hebrew name “Joshua”… :D It involves the WaW sound.
You mean this Waw sound below? Yeshua = Joshua

 
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