Mark 9 : 37

Greek ὃς ἂν ('whoever') with the indefinite particle is rendered by the Peshitta with ܟܠ ܡܢ ('everyone who'), a universalising periphrasis, while the Vulgate compresses the whole relative-indefinite into the single pronoun Quisquis. The constructions are semantically equivalent but morphologically distinct.

Greek ἓν and Latin unum ('one') explicitly quantify the child; the Peshitta lacks any equivalent numeral, leaving the noun phrase unquantified — a typical Syriac economy of expression.

The Greek substantival demonstrative τῶν τοιούτων ('of such') is matched by the Syriac comparative phrase ܐܝܟ ܗܢܐ ('like this one') and the single Latin adjective hujusmodi; the Syriac renders the genitive of quality with an explicit comparative particle.

Greek παιδίων and Latin pueris stand in the plural agreeing with τοιούτων/hujusmodi, whereas the Syriac ܛܠܝܐ is singular, congruent with its singular demonstrative ܗܢܐ — a number disagreement reflecting the differing syntactic framing of the antecedent.

The Greek prepositional phrase ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου and the Latin in nomine meo are both analytic three-to-four word constructions, while the Syriac collapses the same idea into the single inflected form ܒܫܡܝ ('in my name'), incorporating preposition, noun, and pronominal suffix synthetically.

Greek δέχεται is a single finite verb; the Syriac employs the periphrastic ܗܘ ܡܩܒܠ (independent pronoun + participle) to express the present, and the Vulgate adds a colon as discourse punctuation marking the apodosis. All convey the same indicative sense.

Greek ἐμὲ δέχηται (pronoun + subjunctive) and Latin me susceperit (perfect subjunctive) express the protasis verbally, whereas the Syriac uses the relativised dative ܕܠܝ plus participle ܡܩܒܠ ('who receives me'); the Latin alternation susceperit/recipit also varies the verb stylistically against the Greek's uniform δέχομαι.

Greek οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται and Latin non me suscipit negate with a simple particle plus verb, while the Syriac uses the compound negation ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ('it is not [the case]') followed by ܠܝ ܡܩܒܠ, a stronger predicate-negating idiom characteristic of Syriac antithesis.

The Greek articular aorist participle τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με ('the one having sent me') is rendered by the Vulgate as a relative clause eum qui misit me and by the Syriac as the relativised finite verb ܠܡܢ ܕܫܕܪܢܝ ('him who sent me'), with the pronominal object suffixed; the participial-versus-relative variation is a routine translational adjustment.