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 Ivory Coast The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ivory Coast As of January 1, 2018, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 43,895 members in fourteen stakes, twelve districts, 211 congregations (wards and branches), and two missions in Ivory Coast. Mormon missionaries first preached in Ivory Coast in 1988. Earlier the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had been established by Philippe and Annelies Assard and Lucien and Agathe Affoue.The Assard family joined the church while studying in France. Lucien Affoue joined the Church while studying in Germany, where he married Agathe who was a native