Mark 5 : 28

Greek uses imperfect ἔλεγεν (continuous past action); Peshitta employs perfect ܐܡܪܐ ܗܘܬ (completed state with auxiliary); Vulgate uses imperfect dicebat. All convey iterative or continuous past speech, but Syriac marks the perfective aspect explicitly with the auxiliary verb.

Vulgate inserts a colon after enim to mark the transition to direct discourse, while Greek uses the conjunction ὅτι and Peshitta employs ܕ- prefix on the conditional particle. The punctuation reflects Latin rhetorical convention for introducing quoted speech.

Greek ἐάν and Syriac ܕܐܦܢ are single conditional particles; Vulgate splits into Quia si, where Quia introduces the clause and si marks the condition. This reflects Latin's preference for explicit causal-conditional layering.

Greek places the verb ἅψωμαι before the object; Syriac inverts to object-verb (ܠܠܒܘܫܗ ܩܪܒܐ) with explicit subject pronoun ܐܢܐ; Vulgate follows Greek verb-object order (tetigero vestimentum). Syriac's VSO tendency and pronoun insertion are typical of its syntax.

Greek uses the crasis κἂν (καὶ ἐάν) with genitive plural article τῶν ἱματίων ('even the garments'); Vulgate employs vel vestimentum with singular collective noun; Syriac uses singular ܠܠܒܘܫܗ with pronominal suffix. All three express 'even his clothing,' but Syriac and Latin prefer singular collective forms over Greek's distributive plural.

Greek σωθήσομαι ('I will be saved/healed') is rendered with Syriac ܚܝܐ ܐܢܐ ('I will live') and Latin salva ero ('I will be saved'). Syriac's choice of 'live' emphasizes physical restoration over the soteriological connotations preserved in Greek and Latin, reflecting a more concrete medical idiom.