Mark 2 : 9

Greek uses article + dative substantive (τῷ παραλυτικῷ); Vulgate employs bare dative (paralytico); Peshitta uses preposition + noun (ܠܡܫܪܝܐ, 'to the paralytic'). All three convey identical dative function but through different morphosyntactic strategies.

Greek places the genitive pronoun before the article-noun phrase (σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, 'your the sins'); Latin and Syriac use the more natural post-nominal possessive order (tibi peccata / ܠܟ ܚܛܗܝܟ). The Greek construction emphasizes possession through fronting, while the other traditions follow unmarked word order.

The Vulgate again inserts a colon before the second direct quotation ('Surge'). Greek and Syriac lack this punctuation, with Syriac using the subordinating particle ܕ ('that') to introduce the clause syntactically rather than typographically.

Greek employs asyndetic coordination with καί between two imperatives (ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον); Latin mirrors this with a comma (Surge, tolle); Syriac omits any coordinating particle, using bare juxtaposition of imperatives (ܩܘܡ ܫܩܘܠ). This reflects Syriac's preference for asyndetic imperatival sequences in hortatory discourse.

Greek uses article + noun + possessive pronoun (τὸν κράβαττόν σου); Latin omits the article but retains noun + possessive (grabatum tuum); Syriac employs a bound-state construction (ܥܪܣܟ, 'bed-your') with the pronominal suffix directly attached. All three express identical possessive semantics through language-specific morphological strategies.

Greek coordinates the final imperative with καί (καὶ περιπάτει); Latin uses the conjunction 'et' (et ambula); Syriac employs the prefixed waw (ܘܗܠܟ, 'and-walk'), which is morphologically bound to the verb. The Syriac construction represents a tighter syntactic fusion of coordinator and verb than the Greek or Latin analytic forms.

The Vulgate closes the pericope with a question mark, making the interrogative force explicit. Greek uses a semicolon-paragraph marker (;¶) and Syriac lacks terminal punctuation, both relying on the interrogative pronoun (τί / ܐܝܕܐ) at the verse opening to signal the question without closing punctuation.