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• Thus, while Paul, Silas and Barnabas went west and took the Gospel west into Asia Minor and Europe, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, we find that the other disciples went the opposite direction. Peter, Thomas, Bartholomew and Thaddeus went east, taking the Gospel all across the east all the way to India in their own lifetimes, and even further east later. Aramaic was the language they preached. In those days, it was the only language they needed. They no doubt went initially to Jewish communities as they went, who, following the Babylonian exile, also spoke Aramaic.