The Age of the Peshitta

[ScorpioSniper2]

The GNT was the perfect vehicle, we are told, because the particular dialect was the most widely spoken Greek dialect.

It doesn't really make since that the Koine Greek dialect of the Greek New Testament would be the commonly used version considering the many Semiticisms you find in it. Scholars say that the Greek language was spoken in Israel primarily by the higher class, but the apostles, especially Peter, James, and John, were clearly not people who would fit that bill. It is very unlikely that Jesus would fit the bill of being in the higher class either. I know people make a big deal about no translator being mentioned in Jesus's conversations with Pilate (obviously a Greco-Roman), but is there any reason to think that Pilate couldn't speak Aramaic? He had been governor in Israel for 4-7 years at the time of the crucifixion.