Peshitta version of the Gospel

[Paul Younan]

Like English and old english?

Have you ever heard an Assyrian calling their language "Assyrian?" A Chaldean does the same thing - they call their language "Chaldean." A Syriac does the same thing - they call their language "Syriac."

There are in fact no such languages as the three mentioned above!

It's all the same language - Aramaic - it's just that people name it after their national/ethnic name because they happen to speak it.

You know how many times elders in the community have asked me if I speak "Assyrian?"

It's not Assyrian! It's Aramaic!

And at the same time, the language of the Hebrews during the 1st century, although they called it "Hebrew" - was really "Aramaic!"

Makes sense? It shouldn't.....