Mark 8 : 27

The Greek aorist ἐξῆλθεν is rendered by the Syriac perfect ܘܢܦܩ (root n-p-q, conjunction prefixed), while the Vulgate employs a periphrastic perfect passive deponent egressus est; the Syriac fuses the conjunction Καί into the verb prefix, so index 0 covers both.

The Greek and Latin spell out the conjunction, article, noun, and possessive pronoun (καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ / et discipuli ejus), whereas the Syriac compresses all four into the single inflected form ܘܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ, carrying conjunction, plural noun, and 3ms possessive suffix as agglutinated morphemes.

Greek inserts an intervening article (Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου, 'Caesarea the [one] of Philip'), while Latin and Syriac present the toponym as a tight construct (Cæsareæ Philippi / ܕܩܣܪܝܐ-ܕܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ); the Syriac orthographically binds the two place-names with a hyphen as a single compound place-name.

Greek and Latin position the prepositional phrase 'on the way' (ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ / in via) before the verb of asking, and the Vulgate adds a colon at index 11; the Syriac postpones ܒܐܘܪܚܐ until after the verb and its object, a word-order divergence typical of Syriac narrative syntax.

The Greek imperfect ἐπηρώτα and the Latin imperfect interrogabat each express durative past action with a single form, whereas the Syriac builds the equivalent past-continuous periphrastically with the participle ܘܡܫܐܠ plus the auxiliary ܗܘܐ ('was asking'), a standard Syriac construction for imperfective aspect.

The dative pronoun αὐτοῖς (Greek) and ܠܗܘܢ (Syriac, root l-h-w with dative prefix) correspond to Latin eis; the Vulgate additionally supplies a colon at index 20 to introduce the direct discourse, a punctuational gloss absent from the unpointed traditions.

Greek uses the articular plural οἱ ἄνθρωποι and Latin the anarthrous homines for 'people'; the Syriac ܐܢܫܐ (root a-n-sh) is a collective noun for 'men/people', and notably the three traditions place this subject in differing positions relative to the verb.

The Greek infinitive εἶναι and Latin esse function as the complement of the verb of saying; the Syriac substitutes a finite relative clause ܕܐܝܬܝ ('that I am', root a-y-th with relative prefix), a construction rather than an infinitive. The Vulgate's interrogative complement esse stands at index 24 while the closing question mark is at index 26.