This Parallel Edition of the Aramaic Peshitta text combines new and out of print translations to bring to the student of the New Testament an unprecedented tool of study. It combines the actual Peshitta text in a very elegant Estrangelo font with a new translation by Light of the Word Ministry. It thern includes four older translations. The first is a translation of the Sinaitic Palimpsest of the Old Syriac, done by Agnes Smith Lewis. The second of the older translations is by Dr. George M. Lamsa, and is taken from edition of The Modern New Testament, published by the Aramaic Bible Society. The third translation is by James Murdock and is from his translation published in 1851. The last translation is by J. W. Etheridge, based upon the eastern version of the Peshitta.

This combination of translations gives an immediate method of comparison and enables the student of the Bible desiring to study the Biblical text from a variety of angles all in one place. The methods of translation vary from scholar to scholar, but with the ability to campare the verses, the student can check the variations in the choices of words, and then get an overall understanding of the passages. This Gospel of Matthew is unique in offering so many different translations and is certainly well suited for the indepth scriptural research of serious students.