Mark 8 : 16

Greek uses the simple imperfect διελογίζοντο to denote ongoing reasoning; the Peshitta renders this with the periphrastic participle ܡܬܚܫܒܝܢ plus the auxiliary ܗܘܘ, the standard Syriac construction for past durative action, while the Vulgate cogitabant employs the synthetic Latin imperfect.

The Greek πρὸς ἀλλήλους and Latin ad alterutrum both use a single reciprocal pronoun governed by a preposition; the Syriac expresses reciprocity idiomatically with the doubled ܚܕ ܥܡ ܚܕ ('one with one'), a typical Aramaic periphrasis for mutual action.

The Greek recitative ὅτι introduces direct speech and is left untranslated in many traditions; the Vulgate represents it with the punctuation colon plus quia, while the Peshitta absorbs the conjunctive force into the proclitic ܕ- prefixed to ܠܚܡܐ.

Greek ἄρτους and Latin panes are plural ('loaves'); the Syriac ܠܚܡܐ is a collective/mass noun for bread, reflecting the regular Semitic idiom that does not distinguish discrete loaves in this construction, with the proclitic ܕ- carrying the recitative force.

Greek ἔχουσιν and Latin habemus use a finite verb of possession; the Syriac employs the existential particle ܠܝܬ ('there is not') with the dative ܠܢ ('to us'), the standard Aramaic possessive construction ('there is not to us bread'), and shifts to first-person reference within the reported speech.