Mark 7 : 28

Greek uses postpositive δέ ('but/and'); Vulgate employs the adversative At ('but'); Peshitta uses ܕܝܢ (dēn), the standard Syriac adversative particle. All three mark discourse transition, but with slightly different rhetorical force.

Greek employs a double-verb construction (ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει, aorist + historic present); Vulgate mirrors this with respondit et dixit (both perfect); Peshitta uses a single verb with waw-consecutive (ܥܢܬ ܘܐܡܪܐ), a typical Semitic narrative pattern conflating 'answered and said' into one verbal idea.

Vulgate inserts a colon after illi to mark direct speech, a Latin scribal convention absent in Greek and Peshitta manuscripts which rely on context alone.

Greek καὶ γὰρ ('for even/also') and Vulgate nam et ('for also') place the causal particle first; Peshitta ܐܦ ('also/even') omits an explicit causal marker, relying on discourse flow to convey the logical connection.

Greek uses the neuter plural article + noun (τὰ κυνάρια, 'the little dogs'); Vulgate employs the masculine plural catelli without article (Latin lacks definite articles); Peshitta ܟܠܒܐ is singular ('the dog'), a typical Syriac collective-noun idiom for generic reference.

Greek places the prepositional phrase ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης before the verb; Peshitta mirrors this order (ܡܢ ܬܚܝܬ ܦܬܘܪܐ); Vulgate inverts to sub mensa after the verb comedunt, following Latin prose rhythm conventions.

Greek uses a partitive genitive construction (ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων, 'from the crumbs'); Vulgate employs de micis ('from/of the crumbs'); Peshitta ܦܪܬܘܬܐ ('crumbs') stands in construct state without an explicit preposition, a standard Semitic genitive-equivalent structure.