Mark 10 : 42

Greek employs three particles (ὁ καὶ δέ) to mark the narrative transition and subject; Peshitta omits all three, beginning directly with the verb; Vulgate retains only the adversative autem, reflecting a stylistic preference for lighter connectives in Latin.

Greek uses an aorist participle προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτούς (having called them) before the main verb; Vulgate mirrors this with vocans eos; Peshitta employs a finite verb ܘܩܪܐ ܐܢܘܢ (and he called them) in coordinate construction, a typical Semitic preference for parataxis over participial subordination.

Greek includes the definite article ὁ before Ἰησοῦς, standard in Koine for proper names; Peshitta ܝܫܘܥ and Vulgate Jesus lack articles, consistent with Syriac and Latin nominal syntax where proper names are inherently definite.

Greek λέγει αὐτοῖς and Peshitta ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ employ no punctuation before direct speech; Vulgate inserts a colon after illis, reflecting medieval Latin scribal convention for marking oratio recta.

Greek οἴδατε (you know) is second-person plural implicit; Peshitta makes the subject explicit with ܝܕܥܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ (you [pl.] know), a common Syriac clarification; Vulgate Scitis matches Greek in leaving the subject unmarked.

Greek οἱ δοκοῦντες (those being accounted) uses an article + present participle; Peshitta ܕܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܡܣܬܒܪܝܢ employs a double-headed relative construction (d- + demonstrative + d- + participle); Vulgate hi qui videntur uses a demonstrative + relative pronoun + finite verb, all semantically equivalent but syntactically distinct.

Greek ἄρχειν (to rule, infinitive) is rendered by Peshitta ܪܫܐ (heads/rulers, nominal form) and Vulgate principari (to rule as prince, infinitive); Peshitta shifts from verbal to nominal construction while preserving the semantic field of governance.

Greek οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν (the great ones of them) uses article + adjective + genitive pronoun; Peshitta ܘܪܘܪܒܢܝܗܘܢ (and their nobles) employs a single compound noun with pronominal suffix; Vulgate principes eorum (princes of them) uses a noun + genitive pronoun, all expressing the same referent with different morphological strategies.

Greek κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν (they exercise authority over them) uses a compound verb + genitive; Peshitta ܫܠܝܛܝܢ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ (they have authority over them) employs an adjective + prepositional phrase; Vulgate potestatem habent ipsorum (they have power over them) uses a noun + verb + genitive, reflecting Latin's preference for analytic constructions over synthetic Greek compounds.