Mark 2 : 9

Greek uses article + dative substantive (τῷ παραλυτικῷ); Vulgate employs bare dative (paralytico); Peshitta uses preposition + noun (ܠܡܫܪܝܐ, 'to the paralytic'). All three convey identical dative function but through different morphosyntactic strategies.

Greek places the genitive pronoun before the article-noun phrase (σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, 'your the sins'); Latin and Syriac use the more natural post-nominal possessive order (tibi peccata / ܠܟ ܚܛܗܝܟ). The Greek construction emphasizes possession through fronting, while the other traditions follow unmarked word order.

The Vulgate inserts colons after 'paralytico' and 'peccata' to mark direct discourse boundaries explicitly. Neither Greek nor Syriac manuscripts employ equivalent punctuation at these junctures, relying instead on syntactic cues (infinitive constructions, particle ܕ) to signal reported speech.

The Vulgate again inserts a colon before the second direct quotation ('Surge'). Greek and Syriac lack this punctuation, with Syriac using the subordinating particle ܕ ('that') to introduce the clause syntactically rather than typographically.

Greek employs asyndetic coordination with καί between two imperatives (ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον); Latin mirrors this with a comma (Surge, tolle); Syriac omits any coordinating particle, using bare juxtaposition of imperatives (ܩܘܡ ܫܩܘܠ). This reflects Syriac's preference for asyndetic imperatival sequences in hortatory discourse.

Greek uses article + noun + possessive pronoun (τὸν κράβαττόν σου); Latin omits the article but retains noun + possessive (grabatum tuum); Syriac employs a bound-state construction (ܥܪܣܟ, 'bed-your') with the pronominal suffix directly attached. All three express identical possessive semantics through language-specific morphological strategies.

The Vulgate closes the pericope with a question mark, making the interrogative force explicit. Greek uses a semicolon-paragraph marker (;¶) and Syriac lacks terminal punctuation, both relying on the interrogative pronoun (τί / ܐܝܕܐ) at the verse opening to signal the question without closing punctuation.