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• We see, then, an entire continuous history of Aramaic across the Middle East, certainly in Israel, but across the whole Middle East and beyond, all the way from Armenia (Turkey, or Asia Minor) through to India and beyond. Even by the time that Christianity is being introduced in China and Mongolia, around the time of the Armenian and Arabic Bibles, the Aramaic (or Syriac) is what was used, and what was preached.
• Greek and Latin may have become dominant in Europe due to the influence of the Roman Catholic Church and their desire to create a translation which they could control, influence and change to suit their doctrinal perspectives. But outside of Europe, outside of the limits of the Roman Church, Aramaic was all there was. Aramaic was the language used to preach the Gospel message, from the time of Jesus onwards.