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What Jesus said in Aramaic.

Some fringe scholars believe that the New Testament was originally written in Aramaic and later was translated into Greek. But there's little to no evidence for such an assumption. Mainstream scholars maintain that the New Testament was written in Greek originally. Nevertheless they consider that there might have being some unknown Aramaic texts used as a source especially for the Gospels. Evidence of this are some quotes in the NT by Jesus in the Aramaic language transliterated in Greek for the Greek reader. A few other words and names exist of Old Hebrew or Aramaic origin not clear which one but clearly of Semitic one. Jesus's Aramaic quotes in short. Talitha qumi “Little girl, get up!”-Mark 5:41 Ephphatha meaning “Be opened.”-Mark 7:34 Hosanna  “O Lord, save us.”-Mark 11:9 Abba meaning “Father”- Mark 14:36 Maranatha meaning “Lord, come!” (1 Corinthians 16:22) Raca “fool” - Matthew 5:22 Eli Eli lema sabachthani meaning “My God, my God, why have you fors...

God willing in Aramaic

'God willing' in Aramaic is 'en Aloho d sobe'. The phrase in the Syriac Estrangelo script. ܐܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܨܒܐ Arabs say 'Inshallah' instead.