We've been talking about discoveries like this for weeks at c/Christianity. This one has some value because the palimpsest (which is a manuscript, not a person as the article states) is dated to the 3rd century and we don't have other Peshitta going that far back:
The data is very breathless, but basically it's just further evidence of the Old Syriac translation of Matt. 11-12 (an area poorly attested so far), and ultimately it's one important puzzle piece more in favor of, well, you pick which translation you like, this one seems to me to favor KJV and NKJV. Among 25,000 pieces.
OP link echoed: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11961621/Hidden-Bible-chapter-written-1-500-years-ago-using-UV-light.html
We've been talking about discoveries like this for weeks at c/Christianity. This one has some value because the palimpsest (which is a manuscript, not a person as the article states) is dated to the 3rd century and we don't have other Peshitta going that far back:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Syriac_New_Testament_manuscripts
The data is very breathless, but basically it's just further evidence of the Old Syriac translation of Matt. 11-12 (an area poorly attested so far), and ultimately it's one important puzzle piece more in favor of, well, you pick which translation you like, this one seems to me to favor KJV and NKJV. Among 25,000 pieces.