Mark 14 : 51

Greek places the numeral εἷς before the noun νεανίσκος with indefinite τις ('a certain young man'); Peshitta reverses the order (ܥܠܝܡܐ ܚܕ, 'young man one') following typical Syriac syntax; Vulgate uses Adolescens autem quidam with the adversative particle autem and postponed indefinite quidam, creating a stylistic variation while preserving the semantic content.

Greek uses the imperfect συνηκολούθει (compound verb 'was following with') with dative αὐτῷ. Peshitta employs a periphrastic construction ܐܬܐ ܗܘܐ ܒܬܪܗ ('was coming after him') using the auxiliary ܗܘܐ with prepositional phrase. Vulgate uses simple imperfect sequebatur eum, semantically equivalent but syntactically streamlined.

Greek uses perfect passive participle περιβεβλημένος with accusative σινδόνα and prepositional phrase ἐπὶ γυμνοῦ ('having cast a linen cloth upon [his] naked [body]'). Peshitta condenses this to ܘܥܛܝܦ ܣܕܘܢܐ ܥܪܛܠ ('and wrapped [in] linen, naked'), using participial construction without the preposition. Vulgate mirrors Greek structure with amictus sindone super nudo, maintaining the prepositional phrase and ablative construction.

Vulgate inserts a colon after nudo to mark the clause boundary before the seizure narrative. Greek uses καὶ to continue the sentence without punctuation break. Peshitta omits both conjunction and punctuation, proceeding directly to ܘܐܚܕܘܗܝ with its own prefixed conjunction.

Greek specifies the subject with the article and noun οἱ νεανίσκοι ('the young men') as agents of the seizure, creating narrative symmetry with the opening νεανίσκος. Both Peshitta (ܘܐܚܕܘܗܝ, 'and they seized him') and Vulgate (et tenuerunt eum) omit the explicit subject, leaving the agents unspecified—a substantive divergence that removes the Greek text's deliberate parallelism between the seized and the seizers.