__NOTOC__[[Image:Codex Alexandrinus Luke.jpg|thumb|A copy of the [[Codex Alexandrinus]] opened to the [[Gospel of Luke]].]]
''Synopsis:'' Koine is the Greek word for "common." Koine Greek was the form of the Greek language used from around 300 BC to AD 300. The books of the [[New Testament]] were originally written in Koine Greek.