Syriac Peshitta
Early translation · syr p · 5th century
The standard Bible of the Syriac-speaking churches (its name means simple), in use by the early 5th century and still read today. Some of its manuscripts are among the oldest dated biblical manuscripts in any language. It has the shorter canon of the early Syriac church.
Contents
The New Testament without 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude, and Revelation.
Cited For
- Matthew 6:13 “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen”
- Mark 16:9–20 “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils …”
- John 5:3–4 “waiting for the moving of the water …”
Early translations show the Greek their translators had, sometimes older than any Greek manuscript of the passage that survives. Their abbreviations name the language: it (Old Latin), vg (Vulgate), syr (Syriac), cop (Coptic), arm (Armenian), goth (Gothic), slav (Slavonic).
