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I was told that some of these pronunciations have changed over time, and the English versions are an attempt to approximate the pronunciation from ~2000 years ago, because some parts of the Christian bible were written in Greek.
I don’t know much about it though.
Tainnor
on Oct 27, 2020
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The New Testament was originally written in Greek.
commandlinefan
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Most modern translations of the old testament are based primarily on the Septuagint translation which was also written in (Koine) Greek.
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I don’t know much about it though.