Mark 4 : 36

Greek employs a comparative clause with ὡς + imperfect ἦν ('as he was in the boat'); Latin mirrors this with ita ut erat in navi; Syriac uses a circumstantial participle construction ܟܕ ܒܣܦܝܢܬܐ ܗܘ ('while he [was] in the boat'), a typical Semitic participial idiom expressing the same temporal-circumstantial sense.

The Vulgate inserts a colon after navi to mark a clause boundary before introducing the other boats, whereas Greek and Syriac continue without punctuation break. This reflects Latin rhetorical convention rather than semantic divergence.

Greek places the postpositive particle δέ after ἄλλα ('other boats now'); Latin uses aliæ naves without a postpositive; Syriac prefixes the conjunction ܘ directly to ܣܦܝܢܐ and follows with the adjective ܐܚܪܢܝܬܐ, reflecting standard Syriac attributive word order (noun + adjective).

Greek uses singular ἦν with neuter plural subject πλοῖα (constructio ad sensum, common in Koine); Syriac employs the plural existential ܐܝܬ ܗܘܝ ('there were'); Latin erant agrees in number with the plural naves. Additionally, Syriac ܥܡܗܘܢ ('with them') uses a plural suffix referring to the disciples, whereas Greek and Latin retain the singular αὐτοῦ / illo ('with him'), referring to Jesus.