Mark 15:8 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

lexical All three attest

Greek NT καὶ

Peshitta ܘܩܥܘ

Vulgate Et

Greek and Latin open with the simple coordinating conjunction (καί / Et). The Peshitta ܘܩܥܘ ('and they cried out') fuses the conjunction with a finite verb of crying out, which has no counterpart in the other traditions and anticipates the action of the crowd; see the next group for the substantive divergence.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

substitution All three attest

Greek NT ἀναβὰς ὁ ὄχλος

Peshitta ܥܡܐ

Vulgate cum ascendisset turba

Greek (ἀναβὰς ὁ ὄχλος) and Latin (cum ascendisset turba) both narrate the crowd 'going up' via an aorist/perfect participial clause. The Peshitta lacks any verb of ascending, retaining only ܥܡܐ ('the crowd/people') and instead supplying the verb 'cried out' (token 0), constituting a genuine substitution of the event narrated rather than a stylistic variant.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

lexical All three attest

Greek NT αἰτεῖσθαι

Peshitta ܠܡܫܐܠ

Vulgate rogare

Greek αἰτεῖσθαι ('to beg, request') is rendered by Latin rogare and by Syriac ܠܡܫܐܠ (root sh-a-l, 'to ask, request'); the Syriac and Latin both employ a generic verb of asking, slightly broader than the middle-voice nuance of the Greek αἰτέω, but semantically equivalent.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT ἀεὶ

Peshitta ܕܡܥܕ ܗܘܐ

Vulgate semper

Greek ἀεί and Latin semper are single adverbs ('always'). The Peshitta expresses habituality periphrastically with ܕܡܥܕ ܗܘܐ (root m-e-d, 'was accustomed' + auxiliary ܗܘܐ), a customary-aspect construction conveying the same iterative sense by syntactic rather than lexical means.

Mark 15 : 8

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