[metmom]

Hebrews roots stuff does not have anything to support it.

There’s been lots of claims before on FR that Mathew was written in Hebrew, and there’s not one shred of evidence to support it that has ever been given.

Now, if you have something, have at it. You’d be the first to post this secret knowledge and where it’s from.

[BlueDragon]

Actually, in what is called 'fragments of Papias' there is early mention that the book of Matthew was written in Hebrew, but it is not without some controversy. There are other patristics too from a bit later which may indicate similar (Matthew written in Hebrew) but I'm a bit too worn at the moment to go search it out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papias_of_Hierapolis

Both of the following links go to discussions

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/papias.html

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/info/papias-wace.html

[Tzfat]

Chase that squirrel. The point was not that Matthew was written in Hebrew, it was that Matthew’s use of Greek is not the language spoken for the sermon. Greek was a trade language in the Decapolis region, but not the language of the common people listening. That would be Hebrew, or possibly Aramaic.