Mark 14 : 19

Greek uses postpositive δέ ('now/and'); Vulgate employs the adversative At ('but'); Syriac uses ܕܝܢ (dēn), which functions as both continuative and adversative particle. All three mark narrative transition but with slightly different rhetorical force.

Greek employs καὶ + infinitive (καὶ λέγειν) to coordinate two infinitival complements of ἤρξαντο; Vulgate mirrors this with et dicere; Syriac uses a single coordinating waw on the finite verb ܘܐܡܪܝܢ (wa-'marin), converting the second infinitive into a finite form—a typical Semitic preference for parataxis over subordination.

Greek uses the distributive phrase εἷς κατὰ εἷς ('one by one'); Syriac employs the reduplicated ܚܕ ܚܕ (ḥaḏ ḥaḏ), a standard Semitic distributive construction; Vulgate renders with the adverb singulatim ('individually'). All three express the same distributive sense through language-specific idioms.

Greek NA28 includes a second iteration of the question (καὶ ἄλλος, μήτι ἐγώ; 'and another, surely not I?'), creating a double query structure. Neither the Peshitta nor the Vulgate attest this repetition, suggesting it may represent a Western non-interpolation or a later Greek expansion to emphasize the disciples' individual anxiety.