Pantaenus, visiting India late in the second century, reported that
(Eusebius quoted by H.J. Schonfield. The History of Jewish Christianity (London: Duckworth, 1936) at 66.)
he found on his own arrival anticipated by some... to whom Bartholomew, one of the apostles, had preached, and had left them the Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew."
There is a chain of transmission of the curation of the PeshittA: the patriachs of the
Assyrian Church of the East (ACoE). From peshitta.org:
From Shamasha Paul Younan:"With reference to....the originality of the Peshitta text, as the Patriarch and Head of the Holy Apostolic and Catholic Church of the East, we wish to state, that the Church of the East received the scriptures from the hands of the blessed Apostles themselves in the Aramaic original, the language spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and that the Peshitta is the text of the Church of the East which has come down from the Biblical times without any change or revision."
Mar Eshai Shimun, by Grace, Catholicos Patriarch of the East
Here is a complete list of the Patriarchate, including the above-mentioned:There were ethnic Jews in the aCoE even before this event. The Church of Khuqy, in Babylon, is the traditional birthplace of the ACoE and where every Patriarch was consecrated. That was his "St. Peter's Basilica", if you will.I am aware that there are some documentable connections with the Church of the East. I am aware that many of the Nazarenes fled Judea for the Parthean Empire and eventually were assimilated into the Church of the East.
Yes, Mar Abris - who reigned from 90-107 AD, was a relative of the Virgin Mary. Mar Yacob I - who reigned from 172-190, was a relative of Yosep the Carpenter.I am also aware that Yosef and Miriam's linage continued in the Church of the East..
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Year | Patriarch |
33 | Toma (Thomas) |
33 | Bar Tulmay (Bartholemew) |
33-45 | Addai |
45-81 | Agai, disciple of Addai (from the Seventy Disciples) |
48-81 | Mari, disciple of Addai (from the Seventy Disciples) |
90-107 | Abris, relative of the Virgin Mary |
130-152 | Oraham I |
172-190 | Yacob I, relative of Yosip the Carpenter |
191-203 | Ebid M'shikha |
205-220 | Akhu d'Awu |
224-244 | Shakhlupa of Kashkar |
247-326 | Papa Bar Gaggai |
328-341 | Shimun Bar Sabbai |
345-347 | Shahdost |
350-358 | Bar Bashmin |
383-393 | Tumarsa |
393-399 | Qaiyuma |
399-411 | Eskhaq |
411-415 | Akhkhi |
415-420 | Yoalaha I |
420 | Maana |
421 | Qarabukht |
421-456 | Dadishu |
457-484 | Bawai or Babu |
484-496 | Aqaq |
496-502 | Bawai |
505-523 | Sheela |
524-535 | Narsai |
524-538 | Elisha (dual Patriarchate) |
539-540 | Polos |
552-567 | Yosip |
570-581 | Khazqiyil |
581-595 | Eshuyow I, Arzunaya |
596-604 | Soreshu I Garmaqaya |
605-608 | Greghor, Partaya |
628-644 | Eshuyow II (Gdalaya or Arab) |
647-650 | Mar Immeh |
650-660 | Eshuyow III, Kdayawaya |
681-684 | Gewargis I |
684-692 | Yokhannan I, Bar Marta |
686-693 | Khnaishu I (dual Patriarchate) |
693-694 | Yokhannan II, Garba |
714-728 | Sliwazkha |
731-740 | Pethyon |
741-751 | Awa |
752-754 | Surin |
754-773 | Yacob II |
774-778 | Khnanishu II (the Assyrian monument in China was erected during his reign) |
780-820 | Timotheus I |
820-824 | Esho-barnon |
825-832 | Gewargis II |
832-836 | Soreshu II |
837-850 | Oraham II, Margaya |
850-852 | Teadasis (Theodoros) |
860-872 | Sargis, Suwaya |
873-884 | Annush d'beth Garmay |
884-892 | Yokhannan III, Bar Narsai |
892-898 | Yokhannan IV |
900-905 | Yokhannan V |
906-937 | Oraham III, Abraza |
937-949 | Ammanoel I |
961-962 | Esrail Karkhaya |
963-986 | Odishu Garmaqaya |
967-1000 | Mari Aturaya |
1001-1012 | Yokhannan VI |
1013-1022 | Yokhannan VII |
1023-1027 | Eshuyow IV |
1028-1049 | Elia I |
1049-1057 | Yokhannan VIII |
1057-1072 | Soreshu III (Bar Zanbur) |
1072-1090 | Odishu II (Bar Ars) Aturaya |
1092-1109 | Makkikha I (Bar Shlemon) |
1111-1132 | Elia II |
1133-1135 | Bar Soma (Of Suwa) |
1135-1136 | Bar Gabbara |
1138-1147 | Odishu III (nephew of Elia II) |
1148-1175 | Eshuyow V (from Beth Zodai, Baladaya) |
1176-1190 | Elia III (Abukhalim) |
1191-1222 | Yoalaha II (Bar Qaiyuma) |
1222-1226 | Soreshu IV |
1226-1256 | Soreshu V (from Baghdad) |
1257-1265 | Makkikha II |
1265-1281 | Dinkha I, Arbilaya (from Arbil) |
1281-1318 | Yoalaha III, Bar Turkaye (Turkish by race) |
1318-1328 | Timotheus II, Arbilaya |
1329-1359 | Dinkha II |
1359-1368 | Dinkha III |
1369-1392 | Shimun III |
1403-1407 | Shimun IV |
1407-1420 | Elia III |
1420-1447 | Shimun V |
1448-1490 | Shimun VI |
1491-1504 | Elia V |
1505-1538 | Shimun VII |
1538-1551 | Eshuyow Shimun VIII |
1552-1558 | Dinkha Shimun IX (Bar Mama) |
1558-1580 | Yoalaha Shimun X |
1580-1600 | Dinkha Shimun XI |
1600-1653 | Elia Shimun XI |
1653-1690 | Eshuyow Shimun XIII |
1690-1692 | Yoalaha Shimun XIV |
1692-1700 | Dinkha Shimun XV |
1700-1740 | Shlemon (Solomon) Shimun XVI |
1740-1741 | Michael Shimun XVII |
1740-1820 | Yonan (Yuna) Shimun XVIII |
1820-1860 | Oraham Shimun XIX |
1860-1903 | Ruwil Shimun XX |
1903-1918 | Binyamin Shimun XXI |
1918-1920 | Polos Shimun XXII |
1920-1975 | Eshai Shimun XXIII |
1975- | Mar Dinkha IV |
So the chain of transmission of the ACoE curated the Aramaic PeshittA and vouches for its authenticity. To prove me wrong, the onus is on you to provide evidence to the contrary.