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Small correction: the learned jews would have been able to read Hebrew as the Torah/Septuagint would have been written in Hebrew. Greek would have been primarily spoken by the upper caste of the jews. Based off how we see Christ in the gospels, it is highly likely he spoke Aramaic as his primary language, but was at least fluent enough in Latin to communicate with the Roman Centurion (who most likely would have not known enough Aramaic to fully converse with Jesus). He also would have been able to read/speak Hebrew but most likely would not have used it in day to day life. Potentially he only used Hebrew when speaking with the more powerful priestly jews like the sadducees/pharisees. Jesus would possibly have known enough Greek to speak with a client for business as he was a carpenter, but most likely he didn’t know Greek.



TL;DR: Average jew in Roman-occupied Palestine would most likely only have been able to speak Aramaic and most likely Latin. More learned jews would have been able to speak Hebrew in addition. The elites would have known Greek in addition to the rest.