Yet 268 verses of the Bible were written in a language called Aramaic. The portions of Scripture that were written in Aramaic include Ezra 4:8–6:18 and 7:12-26 (67 verses), Daniel 2:4b–7:28 (200 verses), Jeremiah 10:11, and various proper names and single words and phrases scattered throughout the Old and New Testaments. Despite the relatively small percentage of Scripture that is written in this language, the Aramaic portion of the Bible is disproportionately significant because of the ...

The New Testament was written in Greek with only a few Aramaic words or phrases scattered here and there. They are generally recognizable because when you are reading along in English, or hear the Scriptures read aloud, these words jump out at you:

No, Arabic is NOT the child of Aramaic. Both are Semitic languages, true, but neither is the descendant of another. While both are Central Semitic languages, Aramaic is arguably “more northern,” that is, more related to Hebrew and Phoenician which have descended from Canaanite language which itself is a sister of Phoenician.

Arabic language belongs to the group of Semitic languages, and is certainly amongst the oldest still in use. Even though it encompasses many sub-groups and variants, it is unified in a standardized form of Classical Arabic - a lingua franca of the Arab world. Amongst the oldest written languages, some inscriptions date to 125 AD.