Mark 13 : 21

The Greek opens with καί and the Vulgate with Et, but the Peshitta lacks any coordinating conjunction here, beginning directly with the temporal adverb ܗܝܕܝܢ ('then'). Such asyndeton at clause-openings is a common Syriac stylistic feature.

All three render the verb 'shall say' (εἴπῃ / ܢܐܡܪ / dixerit), but the Peshitta places the verb before the indirect object ܠܟܘܢ ('to you'), inverting the Greek order ὑμῖν εἴπῃ; the Vulgate adds an explicit colon punctuation (idx 6) introducing direct speech.

Greek uses the articular ὁ χριστός; the Peshitta supplies the enclitic pronoun ܗܘ ('he/it is') with ܡܫܝܚܐ to form a nominal copular clause, and the Vulgate inserts the explicit copula est ('here is the Christ'). The three idioms express the same predication through different syntactic means.

Greek uses the disjunctive particle ἤ ('or') linking the two cries, whereas the Peshitta employs the coordinating ܘ ('and') prefixed to ܗܐ ('and behold'); the Vulgate omits any connective before the second ecce, juxtaposing the clauses asyndetically.