Original sentence: "  Indeed, this is exactly how that psalm appears in the Aramaic Peshitta.A notable difference between Dr.He translated the Aramaic Peshitta (literally "straight, simple, sincere and true") into English versions of the Old Testament and New Testament.However, it is only valid if Dr.In particular, it seems to have been disproved by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which pre-date the Peshitta yet are generally almost word for word identical with the Masoretic text.Lamsa (August 5, 1892 – September 22, 1975) was born in Mar Bishu in what is now the extreme east of Turkey.Lamsa believed that the text of the Gospels is corrupt, and it is not a quotation but should read Eli, Eli, lemana shabakthani, which he translates as: "My God, my God, for this I was spared.Lamsa's controversial amendment is correct.Lamsa's translation and other versions of the New Testament occurs in the fourth of the Words of Jesus on the cross – Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.These are regarded by virtually all scholars as a quotation in Aramaic of the opening of Psalm 22, which in English is "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me
Edited sentence: "  This contrasts with more frequent Christian interpretations that claim that Jesus's last words were "My God, my God ... why have you forsaken me.A notable difference that arose from Dr.In particular, it seems to have been disproved by the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which pre-date the Peshitta yet are often almost word for word identical with the Masoretic text.Lamsa (August 5, 1892 – September 22, 1975) translated the Aramaic Peshitta (literally "straight, simple, sincere and true") into English versions of the Old Testament and New Testament.Lamsa's native Aramaic translation of these last words are: "My God, my God, for this I was spared.Lamsa's revision of past Christian translations happened when he provided a substantial insight that the last words of Jesus Christ on the cross — Eli, Eli, lemana shabakthani — have been mistaken as Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani