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• Similarly, let us look at the next quotation from Eusebius:
• 3Euseb. 39:16 “These things are related by Papias concerning Mark. But concerning Matthew he writes as follows: “So then Matthew wrote the oracles in the Hebrew language, and every one interpreted them as he was able.”
• Again, the word Eusebius uses for Hebrew “language” here is not language, but rather the Greek word dialecta, i.e. it is the dialect of Aramaic spoken by the Hebrews, the Jews, to distinguish it from the Aramaic spoken by the surrounding nations, both far and wide.