observant. Yeshua, therefore, looked like a Torah observant Jew of his day.
What would Jesus Say?
So, we have an idea of what Yeshua
looked like; but what did he sound like? As we have already discovered Yeshua spoke Hebrew.
Greetings
Although saying “Peace be unto you” sounds very spiritual, it is actually a common Hebrew greeting. The Hebrew words “Shalom Aleichem” mean “Peace be unto you.”
Luke 24:36
36 And as they spoke Yeshua himself stood in the mist of them, and said to them, “Peace be unto you.”
The proper response would be to say: “Aleichem Shalom” or “Unto you be Peace.”
Liturgy
Did Yeshua use liturgy? Some will point to Matthew 6:7 to say that, since Yeshua talks against “vain repetition,” he is speaking about the reciting of prayers and liturgy. But let us examine what is actually being said.
Matthew 6:7
7 But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
The word used in the Greek for “vain repetition” means to repeat something
over and over or to babble. This was NOT referring to blessings or prayers.
Rather, it was referring to a