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• It is therefore entirely natural for Aramaic to be the language that Thomas preached in, as he went to the communities of Jewish believers along the way, finally ending up in India. In turn, those early believers would continue their preaching and liturgy in Aramaic to the early converts. It has remained that way ever since, with Aramaic still being the language they use today.
• And so, in Peter’s first epistle, as Peter himself went east to the Jewish communities to preach, we find that an early community had formed either in or near Babylon:
• 1Pet. 5:13 “The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.”