Mark 10 : 17

Greek uses a single compound verb γονυπετήσας ('having knelt down to') with accusative object. Vulgate expands this into an ablative absolute construction (genu flexo ante eum, 'with knee bent before him'). Syriac employs a finite verb plus prepositional phrase (ܢܦܠ ܥܠ ܒܘܪܟܘܗܝ, 'he fell upon his knees'), a typical Semitic idiom for prostration.

Greek uses imperfect ἐπηρώτα with accusative pronoun (αὐτόν). Syriac adds the periphrastic construction ܡܫܐܠ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ('was asking him'), employing the auxiliary ܗܘܐ to mark progressive aspect. Vulgate uses simple imperfect rogabat eum, semantically equivalent but without periphrasis.

Peshitta inserts ܘܐܡܪ ('and he said') to introduce direct speech, a common Semitic narrative convention not present in the Greek or Latin witnesses. This addition clarifies the transition to quoted speech but does not alter the semantic content.

Vulgate inserts a colon to mark the beginning of direct discourse, a punctuation convention absent in the Greek and Syriac manuscript traditions. This is a scribal/editorial feature rather than a textual variant.

Greek uses κληρονομέω ('inherit'), emphasizing legal succession and possession. Vulgate employs percipiam ('receive, obtain'), focusing on acquisition rather than inheritance. Syriac ܕܐܬܪ ('that I may inherit') aligns semantically with the Greek, though the conjunction ܕ is shared with the preceding purpose clause, creating a tighter syntactic bond than in Greek or Latin.

Vulgate adds a question mark to close the interrogative sentence, a punctuation convention not present in Greek or Syriac manuscript traditions. This is an editorial feature of the printed Vulgate text.