Mark 11 : 18

Greek uses finite verb with conjunction (Καὶ ἤκουσαν); Vulgate employs ablative absolute construction (Quo audito, 'which having been heard'); Syriac mirrors Greek with ܘܫܡܥܘ. The Latin construction is more compressed and literary, while Greek and Syriac maintain paratactic narrative style.

Greek and Vulgate use article + noun (οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς / principes sacerdotum); Syriac employs construct state ܪܒܝ ܟܗܢܐ ('chiefs of priests'), a standard Semitic genitive construction without separate article.

Greek coordinates with conjunction and repeated article (καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς); Vulgate uses simple conjunction (et scribæ); Syriac employs asyndetic coordination with ܘܣܦܪܐ, omitting the article as Semitic languages typically do not mark definiteness redundantly in coordinated noun phrases.

Greek uses imperfect indicative ἐζήτουν; Vulgate uses imperfect indicative quærebant; Syriac employs periphrastic construction ܘܒܥܝܢ ܗܘܘ (participle + auxiliary 'were seeking'), a characteristic Syriac way of expressing progressive past action.

Vulgate inserts colon after perderent to mark major clause boundary before causal explanation; Greek uses semicolon (modern editorial); Syriac has no equivalent punctuation mark in manuscript tradition.

Greek uses imperfect ἐφοβοῦντο with postpositive γάρ; Vulgate uses imperfect timebant with enim; Syriac employs periphrastic ܕܚܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܓܝܪ (participle + auxiliary + particle), again reflecting Syriac preference for analytic verbal constructions over synthetic Greek/Latin forms.

Greek uses πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ('all the crowd') with repeated γάρ; Vulgate uses universa turba ('the whole crowd') with quoniam introducing causal clause; Syriac uses ܡܛܠ ܕܟܠܗ ܥܡܐ ('because all the people'), substituting ܥܡܐ (people/nation) for ὄχλος (crowd), a common Syriac lexical choice emphasizing collective identity.

Greek uses singular imperfect ἐξεπλήσσετο agreeing with ὄχλος; Vulgate uses singular imperfect admirabatur agreeing with turba; Syriac uses plural participle ܬܡܝܗܝܢ ܗܘܘ ('were amazed'), employing constructio ad sensum to agree with the plural semantic sense of 'people' rather than grammatical singular.