Chapter 24

Language of the New Testament--1. God's Providence as seen in the Languages of the Old and New Testaments--Fitness of the Hebrew for its Office in History, Poetry, and Prophecy--2. Adaptation of the Greek to the Wants of the New Testament Writers--3. Providential Preparation for a Change in the Language of the Inspired Writings--Cessation of the Hebrew as the Vernacular of the Jews, and Withdrawal of the Spirit of Prophecy Contemporaneous--4. Introduction of the Greek Language into Asia and Egypt--Its Use among the Jews, especially in Egypt--Its General Use in our Lord's Day--5. Character of the New Testament Greek--Its Basis the Common Hellenic Dialect, with an Hebraic Coloring received from the Septuagint, and an Aramaic Tinge also--The Writers of the New Testament Jews using the Language of Greece for the Expression of Christian Ideas--Technical Terms in the New Testament--6. Adaptation of the New Testament Greek to its Office