The Peshitta ( Classical Syriac for `` simple , common , straight , vulgate '' ) is the standard version of the Syriac Bible . It is in the Gospels , however , that the analogy between the Latin Vulgate and the Syriac Vulgate can be established by evidence . If the Peshitta is the result of a revision as the Vulgate was , then we may expect to find Old Syriac texts answering to the Old Latin .