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• We also explored the wider use of Aramaic in Israel, seeing that Aramaic was used by Jews generally at the time of Jesus and all throughout the Land of Israel. We also saw that Aramaic was the normal language of Egypt - although Alexandria, specifically, seems to have had a Greek-speaking population, and in fact, developed over time to become a centre of apostasy against the Bible and the true faith in God.
• We also saw that Jews, generally, rebelled against Greek, and actively discouraged the speaking and teaching of Greek, because it invariably led the Jews away from the Hebrew Scriptures and towards the pagan practices and beliefs of the nations around them. The Jews rebelled against the imposition of Greek language and customs in the Maccabean Revolt.