In that case one could say it was in Egyptian or whatever, but the current evidence points to it being Greek. You might use the DSS as evidence? The Peshitta? I find it strange that there are NO NT manuscripts in Aramaic or Hebrew. If all the originals were in Aramaic/Hebrew and not Greek, where did they all go? They should be all over the place, no? The earliest is 1st century Mark I believe, although some say the first book written was probably 1 Thessalonians, written around 50 AD.
This is evidence of the semitic origins of the so-called "NT". There are no "original manuscripts" available(which is the point of our disagreement).
Contained with in the Greek text of the New Testament are many Hebrew words and phrases that have been transliterated from the Hebrew language into the Greek language. While many of these have been described as being "Aramaic," there is no textual evidence to suggest that these are Aramaic rather than Hebrew.
In the book of Matthew (27:46) is the phrase "Eli eli lema sabachthani" (eli eli lama sabachtani). This is a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew "אלי אלי למה שבקתני" (eli eli lama shabaqtani) meaning "my God my God why have you left me."
Below are additional Hebrew words found in the Greek New Testament.
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