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• By the time of Jesus, Aramaic had largely won the day, and was the language most commonly spoken amongst ordinary people. That does not mean that Hebrew died out as a spoken language. Far from it. But Aramaic was now unmistakably the second Holy Language of Judaism. It was here to stay.
• We too, should make sure that Aramaic is here to stay in our lives. If we make this ancient and beautiful language part of us, if we let the Holy Scriptures permeate our lives, we shall be guided directly by the Holy Scriptures. We shall not see through a glass darkly as we might do with a translation, but we shall see clearly, as never before.