Syriac or rather Christian Aramaic was undoubtedly the mother-tounge of our Lord the Christ. We know this from the few Syriac phrases which are incorporated in the Greek text, instead of being translated, such as “Talitha cumi” (“Maiden arise”); “Ethphatha” (“Be opened”); and above all, by His dying words on the Cross, “Eli, Eli lama… Continue reading Syriac Was The Mother-Tounge Of Jesus Christ