Jesus probably knew enough Greek to understand it. But he wouldn’t have spoken it as his first language. He also wouldn’t have used it in his daily conversation or taught the crowds in Greek.
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Jesus probably knew enough Greek to understand it????
Is this author for real??
20Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek. John 19:20 NASB
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>> “Is this author for real??” <<
NO!
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Zondervan is well known for their love of corrupted bibles.
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Based upon my military service in Germany, where I learned some basic German to get around, I figure that Jesus probably knew some Latin, as it was the language of the Romans occupying Israel, and some Greek because of the Greek influence in that part of the Mediterranean.
I also figure that his normal, everyday language was probably Aramaic or Hebrew, and those were the language(s) he initially learned from Mary and Joseph.
The USA is basically a monolingual country, as much so among the intelligencia as the red necks.
Go anywhere in the rest of the world and locals speak and/or understand several languages. This is especially true in countries favored by tourists or with foreign military bases or industrial plants.
I would guess that a significant portion of Jesus’ neighbors spoke some Latin and Greek. The fully human side of the carpenter Jesus probably spoke both languages in order to deal with customers. Obviously, the God-incarnate Jesus speaks & understands ALL languages.