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It's vice versa, Greek was more popular in the east while Latin was more popular in the west
Koine Greek spread throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East as a result of the conquests of the Greek armies of Alexander the Great. It served as a second language for many people and had become the language of communication throughout much of the Roman Empire and beyond by the time of Jesus. It retained its role as the lingua franca until the Middle Ages.
The New Testament being written in Greek instead of in [[Aramaic]] is sometimes used as ammunition by [[Atheism|Atheists]] against traditional authorship. However, writing in Aramaic would've likely been a poor choice for the writers of the New Testament since the language didn't have as widespread of an influence as Greek did. Aramaic was only spoken by Jews, but Greek had a large influence over people who were West east of [[Greece]] while [[Latin]] had a larger influence over people east west of Greece. The modern equivalent of Greek in the 1st century would be English in the 21st century as many of its speakers most likely learned it as their second language.
===Bible===
