THE LANGUAGE OF CHRIST.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPHOTAT011.1 Sut,—Your correspondent "J. E. S." has obviously never heard of my book, "Discussions on the Gospels," in the first part of which I endeavour to prove that our Lord did, for the most part, speak Greek. This may appear to him, as it has done to others, such an utterly incredible thesis, that not a single glance will be vouchsafed to the proofs brought forward in its support. But per- haps you will allow me to say that one of the very foremost philologists and scholars of our day has made use of the follow- ing language, in reference to the leading proposition of my work : —" He establishes this conclusion [that Christ generally spoke in Greek, and only occasionally in Aramaic] by an ,amount of evidence which can hardly leave a doubt in the minds of unpre- judiced readers." (Saturday Review, November 29, 1862.)—I am*
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