Mark 13 : 16

Greek uses an article + prepositional phrase with participle (ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν ὤν, 'the one being in the field'); Latin employs a relative clause (qui in agro erit, 'who will be in the field'); Syriac uses a relative particle with prepositional phrase (ܕܒܚܩܠܐ ܗܘ, 'who in-the-field he-is'). All three constructions are semantically equivalent but syntactically distinct.

Greek uses a prepositional phrase with article and adverb (εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, 'to the [things] behind'); Latin uses a simple adverb (retro, 'back'); Syriac employs a prepositional phrase with pronominal suffix (ܠܒܣܬܪܗ, 'to-his-back'). The Syriac construction personalizes the direction with a possessive suffix, while Greek and Latin use more abstract spatial expressions.