Mark 11 : 1

Greek uses present tense ἐγγίζουσιν (they draw near, historical present), while Peshitta ܩܪܒ and Vulgate appropinquarent employ past tense forms (perfect and imperfect subjunctive respectively), normalizing the narrative temporality.

The Vulgate omits Bethphage entirely, listing only Bethany (et Bethaniæ), whereas both Greek (εἰς Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν) and Peshitta (ܥܠ ܓܢܒ ܒܝܬ-ܦܓܐ ܘܒܝܬ-ܥܢܝܐ) attest both villages. Additionally, the Peshitta inserts ܥܠ ܓܢܒ ('by the side of' / 'near'), an idiomatic locative construction absent in Greek and Latin.

Greek uses the articular genitive plural τῶν ἐλαιῶν ('of the olives') with singular ὄρος, yielding 'the Mount of Olives.' Syriac employs the singular construct ܛܘܪܐ ܕܙܝܬܐ ('mountain of olive'), a typical Semitic idiom for geographic mass-nouns. Latin montem Olivarum uses the genitive plural Olivarum, mirroring Greek syntax but with Romance morphology.