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Friday, April 01, 2016

I like the King James KJV version of the Bible. It was written in seventeenth century English by the translators. "Verily verily I say unto you" of course aren't the words, in English, that Jesus would have used. But there is a legend that he came to England as a youth with Joseph of Arimathea. "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green" refers to that. If so, he would probably have known some Latin, as the Romans ruled Britain then, as well as Palestine. But he might have picked up the local British language, which eventually became Welsh and Cornish. It's good to think that when the Welsh sing their beautiful hymns, Jesus is hearing one of the languages he might have known on Earth. I don't suppose I am the only person this has occurred to. Do the Welsh ever consider it?

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