Mark 14 : 30

Greek opens with the connective Καί, matched by Vulgate Et; the Peshitta omits the conjunction and begins asyndetically with the verb ܐܡܪ, a common Syriac narrative pattern that drops the introductory waw.

Greek λέγει is a vivid historic present ('says'), whereas both the Vulgate (ait) and the Peshitta (ܐܡܪ) render the action as a simple narrative past/aorist, a routine flattening of the Greek dramatic present in the versions.

Greek supplies the articular subject ὁ Ἰησοῦς; both versions render the name anarthrously (ܝܫܘܥ / Jesus) since neither Syriac nor Latin possesses the definite article used here.

Greek λέγω and Latin dico are synthetic first-person verbs; the Peshitta expresses the subject analytically with an enclitic pronoun (ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ, 'say I'), the standard Syriac participle-plus-pronoun construction for the present tense.

Greek σύ and Latin tu stand as independent emphatic pronouns introduced by ὅτι/quia; the Peshitta fuses the recitative particle with the pronoun in ܕܐܢܬ ('that you'), so the Syriac single token covers both the Greek ὅτι and σύ.

All three attest 'in this night' but with differing internal order: Greek ταύτῃ ἐν τῇ νυκτί places the demonstrative first, Latin in nocte hac and Syriac ܒܠܠܝܐ ܗܢܐ both postpose the demonstrative; the Syriac additionally fuses the preposition prefix into ܒܠܠܝܐ.

Greek uses the temporal compound πρὶν ἤ ('before than'); Latin contracts this into the single conjunction priusquam, and the Syriac renders it with the lone preposition ܩܕܡ ('before'), each language collapsing the two-word Greek idiom to its native equivalent.

Greek expresses the crowing with accusative-plus-infinitive (ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι); the Peshitta uses a finite subordinate clause ܕܢܩܪܐ ܬܪܢܓܠܐ ('that the cock crow'), while the Vulgate periphrasis gallus vocem dederit ('the cock should give voice') substitutes an idiomatic 'give voice' for the simple verb 'to crow'.

Greek δίς and Latin bis are single adverbs ('twice'); the Peshitta expands to the two-word idiom ܬܪܬܝܢ ܙܒܢܝܢ ('two times'), the normal Syriac way of expressing multiplicative number.

Greek με and Latin me are accusative objects; the Peshitta governs the verb of denial with the preposition ܒ (ܒܝ, 'in/against me'), reflecting the regular Syriac idiom kᵉpar bᵊ- for denying or disowning someone.