Mark 11 : 30

Greek employs double article construction (τὸ βάπτισμα τὸ Ἰωάννου) with attributive article before the genitive, a classical Greek idiom. Both Peshitta and Vulgate use simple construct-state/genitive constructions (ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ / Baptismus Joannis) without article repetition, reflecting their respective linguistic norms.

Peshitta expands the Greek prepositional phrase ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ('from heaven') into an interrogative construction ܡܢ ܐܝܡܟܐ ܗܝ ܡܢ ܫܡܝܐ ('from where is it? from heaven'), making the question's structure more explicit with the added interrogative ܐܝܡܟܐ ('where') and copula ܗܝ ('is it'). The Vulgate follows the Greek tersely with de cælo erat.

The Greek imperfect verb ἦν ('was') and Vulgate erat are omitted in the Peshitta, which incorporates the copula ܗܝ earlier in the interrogative expansion. This represents a structural redistribution rather than semantic loss.