Mark 9 : 8

Greek ἐξάπινα ('suddenly') and Latin statim ('immediately') are near-synonyms emphasizing temporal abruptness, while Peshitta ܫܠܝܐ ('quietly, peacefully') shifts the semantic focus from temporal suddenness to the manner or state of the vision's conclusion.

Greek uses an aorist participle περιβλεψάμενοι ('having looked around') and Latin a gerund circumspicientes ('looking around'), both modifying the subject directly; Peshitta employs the temporal particle ܟܕ ('when') with finite verb ܚܪܘ ('they looked'), creating a subordinate temporal clause—syntactically distinct but semantically equivalent.

Greek places the temporal adverb οὐκέτι ('no longer') before the indefinite pronoun οὐδένα ('no one'), while Peshitta reverses this order (ܠܐܢܫ ܠܐ, 'anyone not') and Latin uses neminem amplius ('no one any longer')—all three convey the same negation but with different syntactic arrangements reflecting each language's idiomatic patterns.

Greek μόνον ('alone') and Latin tantum ('only') are adjectival/adverbial modifiers, while Peshitta ܒܠܚܘܕܘܗܝ ('by himself alone') is a prepositional phrase with pronominal suffix—semantically equivalent but morphologically distinct, reflecting Syriac preference for prepositional constructions.

Greek uses the preposition μετά with reflexive pronoun ἑαυτῶν ('with themselves'), Latin employs the ablative secum (se + cum, 'with them[selves]'), and Peshitta uses ܥܡܗܘܢ ('with them')—all expressing accompaniment but with different pronominal forms (reflexive vs. simple third person).