Why did Rabulla make his own Aramaic gospels?

[Dave]

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The basic question that you're raising is, Which came first, variability or standardisation? This is one of the most fundamental questions in biblical studies.

Yes, exactly! That is what confuses me. The shorter text form I would feel came in later as a condensed version. Mostly in the attempt to rid the text of interpolations that crept in the text throughout the years from mishandling. Undoughtedly, the cleaner text is The Peshitta.