"my eyes have seen thy salvation."

"Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord,

according to thy word in peace;

Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples:

A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel" (Luke 2:29-32).

Νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα,

κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ·

ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου,

ὃ ἡτοίμασας κατὰ πρόσωπον πάντων τῶν λαῶν,

φῶς εἰς αποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν καὶ δόξαν λαοῦ σου Ἰσραήλ.

(Luke 2:29-32)

Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine,

secundum verbum tuum in pace.

quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum,

quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum,

lumen ad revelationem gentium et gloriam plebis tuæ Israel.

(Luke 2:29-32)

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"The first language of Christian liturgy was Aramaic, the common language of the first Christians, who were Palestinian Jews" (Tufano, 2010).

"...Jesus said the words of institution in his native tongue of Aramaic" (Kosloski, 2021).

"Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew... The entire New Testament was written in Koine Greek" (Grondin, 2022).

References

CNA. (n.d.). Original language of the Bible. Catholic News Agency. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/56031/original-language-of-the-bible

Grondin, Fr. C. (2022, June 22). Original languages of scripture?. Catholic Answers. https://www.catholic.com/qa/original-languages-of-scripture

Kosloski, P. (2021, July 23). Did jesus celebrate the first mass in Aramaic?. Aleteia. https://aleteia.org/2021/07/23/did-jesus-celebrate-the-first-mass-in-aramaic/

Peters, E. (2025, September 26). Koine Greek. Scriptural greek resources. http://www.canonlaw.info/catholicissues_greek.htm

Tufano, V. (2010, June 18). When did we start celebrating mass in Latin?. U.S. Catholic. https://uscatholic.org/articles/201006/when-did-we-start-celebrating-mass-in-latin/