Mark 8 : 1

Greek uses the demonstrative ἐκείναις ('those') with the article ταῖς before ἡμέραις; Peshitta employs the demonstrative pronoun ܒܗܢܘܢ ('in those') with the particle ܕܝܢ ('now, then') and ܝܘܡܬܐ ('days'); Vulgate mirrors Greek word order with 'In diebus illis'. The Peshitta particle ܕܝܢ functions as a discourse marker absent in Greek and Latin.

Greek πάλιν ('again') and Latin iterum are absent from the Peshitta, which does not mark the repetition of the feeding miracle explicitly. This omission may reflect a stylistic preference in the Syriac tradition or a different Vorlage.

Greek employs a genitive absolute construction (πολλοῦ ὄχλου ὄντος, 'a great crowd being'); Latin uses a temporal cum-clause with the subjunctive (cum turba multa esset); Peshitta uses a temporal particle ܟܕ ('when') with the existential construction ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ('there was'). All three convey the same temporal-circumstantial sense but through distinct syntactic strategies.

Greek uses a second genitive absolute with participle (μὴ ἐχόντων τί φάγωσιν, 'not having what they might eat'); Latin employs nec haberent quod manducarent (negative conjunction + imperfect subjunctive + relative clause); Peshitta mirrors the Greek structure with ܘܠܐ ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܢܐܟܠܘܢ ('and there was not anything that they might eat'). The Peshitta's double use of ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ reflects its preference for existential predication over participial constructions.