Mark 14 : 29

The Greek frames the subject with article + postpositive δέ (ὁ δὲ Πέτρος), and the Vulgate mirrors this with Petrus autem; the Peshitta lacks any adversative/connective particle, opening simply with the verb ܐܡܪ and naming ܟܐܦܐ ('Kepha') without a coordinating conjunction, a characteristic Syriac paratactic style.

All three attest 'said to him,' but the Syriac places the verb ܐܡܪ first followed by ܠܗ, whereas Greek ἔφη αὐτῷ and Latin ait illi retain the same verb+dative sequence after the named subject; the divergence is one of clause-initial word order rather than lexical content.

The Vulgate inserts an explicit colon marking the onset of direct speech; the Greek encodes this with the high point (·) attached to αὐτῷ·, and the Syriac leaves the speech boundary unmarked.

Greek εἰ καί and Latin Et si render a concessive 'even if,' incorporating the intensifying καί/Et; the Syriac ܐܢ conveys the conditional alone without an explicit concessive particle, a slight syntactic reduction.