Language of Jesus Language of Jesus It is generally agreed by historians that Jesus and his disciples primarily spoke Aramaic (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic), the common language of Judea in the first century AD, most likely a Galilean dialect distinguishable from that of Jerusalem. The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his time, were Aramaic-speaking communities. It is also likely that Jesus knew enough Koine Greek to converse with those not native to Palestine, and it is also possible that Jesus knew some Hebrew for religious purposes. Aramaic was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean during and
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oklahoma The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oklahoma As of 2017, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 47,349 members, eight stakes, 93 congregations (71 wards and 22 branches), one mission, and one temple in Oklahoma. The history of the denomination in what would become Oklahoma begins in the 1840s and the Indian Territory Mission was created and placed under the leadership of George Miller in 1855. The first temple in Oklahoma was dedicated in 2000. The eight stakes based in Oklahoma are located in Bartlesville, Lawton, Norman, Oklahoma City, Stillwater and Tulsa. In the late