Mark 15:23 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT ἐσμυρνισμένον οἶνον·

Peshitta ܚܡܪܐ ܕܚܠܝܛ ܒܗ ܡܘܪܐ

Vulgate myrrhatum vinum

Greek uses a participial construction with the adjective preceding the noun (ἐσμυρνισμένον οἶνον, 'myrrhed wine'); Latin mirrors this order (myrrhatum vinum). Syriac employs a relative clause construction with reversed word order: ܚܡܪܐ ܕܚܠܝܛ ܒܗ ܡܘܪܐ ('wine that was mixed in it myrrh'), placing the noun first and expanding the participial phrase into a full relative clause with prepositional phrase.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

substitution Two witnesses

Greek NT ὃς

Peshitta ܗܘ

Greek employs the relative pronoun ὃς ('who/he') to introduce the contrastive clause; Syriac uses the independent pronoun ܗܘ ('he') for the same function. Latin omits any explicit subject pronoun, relying on the verb inflection alone (accepit, third person singular) to carry the subject reference, a standard Latin construction.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

punctuation Vulgate only

Vulgate et

The Vulgate inserts a colon after vinum to mark a stronger pause before the contrastive clause, creating a two-part sentence structure. Greek uses a semicolon (modern editorial convention) and Syriac employs no explicit punctuation marker at this juncture, maintaining continuous syntax through the relative/independent pronoun.

Mark 15 : 23

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