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• This, then, is clear evidence, as Eusebius clearly states, that the Gospels were first written in the Syriac dialect of Aramaic - that same Syriac which King Abgarus had used to write letters to Jesus, and the same Syriac in which the disciples had replied. Could “ignorant and unlearned” fishermen in Galilee read and write Aramaic? Of course! Aramaic was their mother tongue! And Galilee was very close to Edessa in Syria! They used Syriac to communicate… Why should it be any surprise to hear that the New Testament was first written in Syriac, and later translated into other languages as appropriate?