It is not impertinently questioned, with what inhabitants Galilee and Perea were first planted after the return out of Babylon, when you scarce find any mention of them in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, but of those only who inhabited Judea and the land of Benjamin. But whosoever they were, whether pure Israelites, or those that were more mixed, or some of the ten tribes, it is certain those that inhabited Galilee differed much from those that dwelt in Judea, in certain rites, and not a little in the dialect of their speech.
The Jewish pandect observe a various difference between them: out of which we produce these few instances instead of more:—
In the place noted in the margin, it is discoursed concerning the form and manner of writing the donation of the marriage dowry. “So and so (say they) the people of Jerusalem writ, and the Galileans writ as those of Jerusalem: but the inhabitants of Judea something varied,” &c. Where the Gemarists thus; “The Galileans’ care was of reputation, not of money; the inhabitants of Judea, their care was of money, not of reputation,” &c.
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Author: John Lightfoot
Keywords: Galilaeans, Galilee, Peter's speach, Peter's speech, Peter's accent, Peter's dialect, Galileans, Jews
Bible reference(s): Matthew 26:73, Luke 22:59, Luke 13:2, John 4:45, Acts 2:7
Source: A Commentary of the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica (1658), chapters 86-87.
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