Mark 11 : 33

The Peshitta combines the Greek participle ἀποκριθέντες ('answering') with the finite verb into a single compound form ܘܥܢܘ ('and they answered'), reflecting typical Syriac preference for finite verbal constructions over participial phrases. The Vulgate preserves the Greek participial structure with 'respondentes'.

Greek uses the dative article τῷ with Ἰησοῦ (dative case); Peshitta employs the preposition ܠ ('to') with the name ܠܝܫܘܥ; Vulgate uses the bare dative 'Jesu' without article, as Latin lacks definite articles.

Greek and Vulgate use coordinating conjunctions (καὶ / Et) to introduce Jesus's response; the Peshitta omits the conjunction, proceeding directly to the verb ܐܡܪ, a common Syriac asyndetic construction in narrative transitions.

Greek employs the nominative article ὁ with Ἰησοῦς for emphasis or subject marking; Vulgate uses the bare name 'Jesus'; Peshitta omits the subject entirely, relying on verbal inflection to indicate third-person singular, a typical Semitic pro-drop feature.

Greek uses the aorist participle ἀποκριθεὶς ('answering'); Vulgate mirrors this with 'respondens'; Peshitta omits the participial construction entirely, incorporating the answering action into the main verb ܐܡܪ ('he said'), reflecting Syriac preference for finite verbal economy.

The Vulgate again inserts a colon before Jesus's direct speech, a Latin punctuation convention not reflected in the Greek or Peshitta textual traditions.

Greek uses the compound negative οὐδὲ ('neither/nor'); Vulgate employs 'Neque' (equivalent); Peshitta uses the emphatic particle ܐܦ ('also/even') combined with the negative ܠܐ, creating a two-word construction that intensifies the negation differently than the Greek compound.

Greek places ἐγὼ ('I') immediately after οὐδὲ for emphasis; Vulgate follows with 'ego' in the same position; Peshitta splits the pronoun ܐܢܐ, placing it both after the negative (position 10) and repeating it after the verb ܐܡܪ (position 12), a Syriac emphatic doubling construction.

Greek and Vulgate place the verb at the end (ποιῶ / faciam); Peshitta uses verb-subject order (ܥܒܕ ܐܢܐ, 'do I'), with the pronoun ܐܢܐ following the verb, reflecting standard Syriac VSO/VS syntax versus Greek/Latin SOV patterns in subordinate clauses.