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What does "Maranatha" mean? (Aramaic origin and the early church)

By The Context Bible team on June 3, 2026

"Maranatha" is one of the oldest Christian prayers — preserved in Aramaic at the end of 1 Corinthians. Whether it means "Our Lord, come!" or "Our Lord has come," the word is a window into the earliest Christian worship.

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