It is generally agreed by historians that Jesus and his disciples primarily spoke Aramaic,[1][2] the common language of Judea in the first century AD, most likely a Galilean dialect distinguishable from that of Jerusalem.[3] The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his time, were Aramaic-speaking communities.[4] It is also likely that Jesus knew enough Koine Greek to converse with those not native to Judea, and it is also possible that Jesus knew some Hebrew for religious purposes.[5][6][7]