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Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
No buddy...The translations (at least those credible) were translated directly from the original texts...For example: Hebrew-->Japanese...Hebrew--->Russian....Hebrew--->English.
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Sorry, but only the old testament texts were in Hebrew. Common language in Judea by new testament times was Aramaic.
I do believe certain letters of the Apostles and the later books were also written in Greek.
By the way, unless you were buddy buddy with St. Paul, chances are you never saw a ORIGINAL text.
In fact, because most of the gospels were written long after the events took place, there is, not suprisingly, pretty good evidence that they were based off of earlier drafts or even one common earlier source, sometimes known as the Q source.
Bottom Line: Nobody has an "original" text.