The Prayer Jesus Actually Prayed: What Was Lost in Translation

The Prayer Jesus Actually Prayed: What Was Lost in Translation There's a question that haunts anyone who's ever mumbled the Lord's Prayer by rote in a pew, half-asleep, the words worn smooth as river...

The Prayer Jesus Actually Prayed: What Was Lost in Translation There's a question that haunts anyone who's ever mumbled the Lord's Prayer by rote in a pew, half-asleep, the words worn smooth as river stones: What was Jesus actually saying? Not what the Greek scribes wrote down decades later.

Not what the Latin church codified. Not what your grandmother's prayer book printed in ornate script.

What did the Galilean mystic, standing on a hillside with dust on his feet and fishermen at his side, actually pray? The answer might surprise you. It's simpler than you think. And wilder.

The Problem: Jesus Spoke Aramaic, We Read Greek Here's the first wrinkle: Jesus spoke Galilean Aramaic, a rough, earthy dialect of farmers and tradespeople.