Mark 4 : 37

Greek uses present tense γίνεται ('comes, arises'); Latin employs perfect passive facta est ('was made'); Syriac uses simple perfect ܗܘܬ ('was'). All three express the same inceptive event but with different aspectual nuances typical of each language's narrative conventions.

Greek employs the coordinating conjunction καὶ plus the postpositive particle δέ with the article τὰ to introduce the subject κύματα ('the waves'); Latin uses simple et fluctus ('and the waves'); Syriac omits any conjunction and continues with ܘܓܠܠܐ ('and waves'), treating it as part of the storm description. The Greek article + δέ construction provides stronger discourse segmentation absent in the other traditions.

Greek ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ('were breaking over the boat') uses the imperfect of ἐπιβάλλω with εἰς + accusative; Latin mittebat in navim ('was casting into the boat') employs mittō with in + accusative; Syriac ܢܦܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܣܦܝܢܬܐ ('were falling in the boat') uses the participle + auxiliary construction with ܒ. All three convey waves entering the vessel but with distinct verbal lexemes reflecting translation choices.

Greek ὥστε ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι τὸ πλοῖον ('so that already the boat was being filled') uses the consecutive ὥστε with the adverb ἤδη and present passive infinitive; Latin ita ut impleretur navis ('so that the boat was being filled') omits any equivalent to ἤδη; Syriac ܘܩܪܝܒܐ ܗܘܬ ܕܬܬܡܠܐ ('and it was near that it be filled') substitutes a proximity construction ('was near to') for the Greek temporal adverb, expressing imminence rather than actuality.