Because Paul wrote it in greek, to greek churches such as the one in Rome (romans) the one in Corith (corinthians) et. During acts, pentecost, the apostles were given the ability to speak in tongues they didn't know in order to preach gospel to gentiles. Also, Luke wasn't jewish. Hebrew/greek are the languages of the original texts.Quote from: "Mr Crowley"Quote from: "Dove"Greek. It was translated from greek, with the exception of a few translated from greek to Latin to English, like kjv 1611, I believe. It's a whole, interesting and time consuming endeavor to study on.Quote from: "Mr Crowley"The NT....wasn't written in English. Are you asking for a long winded class on greek and hermenuetics, or do you want to just take our word for it? People laugh at Christians because they are ignorant of why we believe what we believe and make assumptions. Arrogantly. Like you just did. I could in depth on this if you'd like. You'll be subjected to several scriptures though.Quote from: "Dove"
What was it written in?
How, then, did it become English?
So how did it come to be written in Greek?