in the year of Our Lord, the third of April, 33 What languages did Jesus speak? We know He spoke Hebrew because He taught the Pharisees in the Temple at age 12. Aramaic was a local dialect, and He spoke that. Greek, the language of commerce and the dominant tongue after Alexander the Great conquered the entire area, Jesus spoke.
What languages did Pontius Pilate speak? He was born in Abruzzo. His native tongue and main language was Latin, dominant in the Western Roman Empire. Could he speak Greek? Yes, but Jesus would have spoken to him in Latin, the language Pilate was most comfortable speaking.
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