Mark 2:20 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

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lexical All three attest

Greek NT ἀπαρθῇ

Peshitta ܕܐܫܬܩܠ

Vulgate auferetur

Greek ἀπαρθῇ (aorist passive subjunctive of ἀπαίρω, 'be taken away') and Latin auferetur (future passive) match in sense; Syriac ܕܐܫܬܩܠ from the root š-q-l ('to take up/away') is a cognate-but-distinct lexeme, yet semantically equivalent in this idiom of the bridegroom being removed.

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construction All three attest

Greek NT ἀπ᾽ (ap᾽) αὐτῶν

Peshitta ܡܢܗܘܢ

Vulgate ab eis

Greek expresses the prepositional phrase analytically (ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν) and Latin likewise (ab eis); Syriac compresses preposition and pronominal object into a single inflected form ܡܢܗܘܢ ('from them'), a typical Semitic synthetic construction conveying identical meaning.

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punctuation All three attest

Greek NT ὁ νυμφίος

Peshitta ܚܬܢܐ

Vulgate sponsus et tunc

The Greek 'bridegroom' clause is joined to what follows by καί ('and'); the Vulgate inserts a colon and renders the conjunction as et, while the Peshitta omits any explicit copula here, beginning the apodosis directly with ܗܝܕܝܢ ('then'). The differences are stylistic and syntactic rather than substantive.

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grammar All three attest

Greek NT νηστεύσουσιν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ

Peshitta ܒܗܘ ܝܘܡܐ

Vulgate illis diebus

Greek (ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ) and Syriac (ܒܗܘ ܝܘܡܐ) both read the singular 'in that day,' whereas the Vulgate has the plural in illis diebus ('in those days'). This number divergence reflects a known Latin textual tradition harmonising with the temporal plurality implied by the parallel in Luke 5:35 and Matt 9:15.

Mark 2 : 20

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