Mark 14 : 4

Greek uses a single imperfect ἦσαν; Syriac renders the same periphrastic existential force with ܐܝܬ ('there is/are') plus the enclitic ܗܘܘ, a standard Syriac construction for past existence. Latin Erant matches the Greek single-verb form.

The Peshitta inserts ܡܢ ܬܠܡܝܕܐ ('some of the disciples'), specifying the otherwise anonymous τινες of the Greek and quidam of the Latin. This is a harmonising clarification absent from both the Greek NA28 and the Vulgate, cf. the parallel naming of the disciples in John 12:4.

Greek employs the single present participle ἀγανακτοῦντες ('being indignant'); the Vulgate expands this into the periphrasis indigne ferentes ('bearing it indignantly'), and the Syriac uses the verbal ܕܐܬܒܐܫ ('that it was evil/grievous'), each rendering the verb of displeasure with idioms native to its language.

Greek πρὸς ἑαυτούς ('toward/among themselves') and Latin intra semetipsos render the reflexive notion directly; the Syriac splits this across ܠܗܘܢ ('to them', the dative complement of the verb of grieving) and ܒܢܦܫܗܘܢ (lit. 'in their souls/selves'), a typical Semitic reflexive idiom using nepheš.

Greek uses the perfect γέγονεν ('has been made/come about'); the Vulgate matches with the perfect periphrasis facta est; the Syriac ܗܘܐ is a simple perfect of h-w-a placed earlier in the clause, reflecting Syriac word order rather than any semantic difference.

The Vulgate colon (:) introduces the direct discourse following dicentes, paralleling the high point in the Greek λέγοντες·; the Syriac and Greek mark the same break without a discrete punctuation token here.

The closing Latin question mark (?) corresponds to the interrogative force already encoded in the Greek γέγονεν; with its raised stop and in the Syriac interrogative ܕܠܡܢܐ; it is a printing-tradition feature of the Clementine edition.