11-21-2013, 05:29 AM
Ok, Dylan...sort of like saying British English, and American English...same English/Aramaic language, just a bit different here and there.
And I know that the NT says that "all of Syria heard of His fame" Matt 4:24, but does it say somewhere that Jesus was actually ministering "in" Syria? You said "Jesus clearly had no problem conversing with Assyrians, as He spent a lot of His ministry in Syria."
Also, I think that "Syrians", those living in Syria, and "Assyrians", those living in Assyria, are not the same people group at all, nor did they live in the same place, though their language (Aramaic) may have been very similar...could be wrong though, still learning about these details.
Shlama,
Chuck
And I know that the NT says that "all of Syria heard of His fame" Matt 4:24, but does it say somewhere that Jesus was actually ministering "in" Syria? You said "Jesus clearly had no problem conversing with Assyrians, as He spent a lot of His ministry in Syria."
Also, I think that "Syrians", those living in Syria, and "Assyrians", those living in Assyria, are not the same people group at all, nor did they live in the same place, though their language (Aramaic) may have been very similar...could be wrong though, still learning about these details.
Shlama,
Chuck