Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

“It is no wonder that the traditional
Constantinopolitan text, whether formally official
or not, was the Antiochian text of the fourth
century. It was equally natural that the text
recognized at Constantinople should eventually
become in practice the standard New Testament of
the East.”[11]
Early Syrian Christianity -- which Bible?
It was at Antioch, capital of Syria, that the
believers were first called Christians. And as time
rolled on, the Syrian-speaking Christians could be
numbered by the thousands. It is generally
admitted, that the Bible was translated from the
original languages into Syrian about 150 A.D.[12]
This version is known as the Peshitto (the correct
or simple). This Bible even to-day generally
follows the Received Text.
One authority tells us that, --
“The Peshitto in our days is found in use
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