Mark 14 : 70

Greek ὁ δέ uses the article with postpositive conjunction; Latin At ille employs a strong adversative with demonstrative pronoun; Syriac ܗܘ ܕܝܢ mirrors the Greek structure with pronoun plus postpositive particle—semantically equivalent but reflecting different stylistic conventions.

Greek καὶ μετὰ μικρόν uses conjunction plus prepositional phrase with accusative adjective; Syriac ܘܒܬܪ ܩܠܝܠ employs a compound preposition with adjective; Latin Et post pusillum follows Greek structure closely—all three express 'and after a little while' with minor syntactic variation.

Greek οἱ παρεστῶτες uses article plus perfect active participle; Latin qui astabant employs relative pronoun plus imperfect indicative; Syriac ܗܢܘܢ ܕܩܝܡܝܢ uses demonstrative plus relative particle with active participle—three distinct syntactic strategies for 'those standing by' with identical referential meaning.

The Vulgate inserts a colon to mark direct speech, a punctuation convention absent from the Greek and Syriac manuscript traditions which rely on context alone to signal the quotation boundary.

The Vulgate again inserts a colon mid-sentence to separate clauses, reflecting Latin rhetorical punctuation practice not present in the Greek or Syriac textual witnesses.

Greek καὶ γάρ places the conjunction before the causal particle; Syriac ܐܦ ܓܝܪ mirrors this order; Latin nam et inverts to 'for also'—a stylistic preference in Latin prose that does not alter the logical force of the clause.

Greek and Syriac attest the clause 'and your speech resembles [theirs]' (καὶ ἡ λαλιά σου ὁμοιάζει / ܘܡܡܠܠܟ ܕܡܐ), identifying Peter by his Galilean accent. The Vulgate omits this entire clause, possibly due to homoioteleuton (both clauses ending with 'es') or deliberate abbreviation in the Latin textual tradition.