Was Matthew’s Gospel Originally Written in Hebrew?
The writings of two second-century church leaders — Papias of Hierapolis and Irenaeus of Lyon — both seem to agree that the Gospel According to Matthew was originally written in the language of the He
“Matthew set sayings in order in a Hebrew dialect,” Papias wrote in the early second century, “and each interpreted them as he was able” (Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica, 3:39). Irenaeus made much the same point with these words: “Matthew issued a written gospel among the Hebrews in their own dialect” (Adversus Haerese…
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