Mark 11 : 18

Greek uses the finite paratactic construction Καὶ ἤκουσαν ('And they heard'), faithfully mirrored by the Peshitta's ܘܫܡܥܘ. The Vulgate instead employs an ablative absolute participial phrase Quo audito ('which having been heard'), a stylistic Latin subordination that collapses the conjunction and verb into a single circumstantial clause.

Greek joins with καὶ ἐζήτουν ('and they were seeking'), and the Peshitta renders the imperfect periphrastically with ܒܥܝܢ ܗܘܘ ('were seeking'). The Vulgate drops the connective and uses a simple imperfect quærebant, leaving the coordinating conjunction untranslated.

The Greek again uses postpositive γάρ to introduce the second causal clause, whereas both the Peshitta ܡܛܠ and the Vulgate quoniam employ an explicit subordinating causal conjunction ('because'), heightening the logical subordination that the Greek leaves paratactic.