LINGUISTIC PUZZLES IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES During Jesus’ time, four languages were spoken publicly: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin. I highly doubt I would have survived! In and around Jerusalem (Southern Palestine), Hebrew was the primary language because the Jewish Temple was there, acting as the official center at that time. In Northern Palestine (Galilee),…

Joey  I finally met Joe Cipriano when our high school basketball teams played each other in 1957. I was coaching Lakeside School, and he was coaching Mercer Island. We mostly talked about his last year in high school at Nooksack in Everson, Washington, a town with fewer than 1,000 residents. It brought back many memories…