Mark 4 : 38

Greek and Latin open with the simple coordinating καί / Et, while the Peshitta employs the postpositive adversative particle ܕܝܢ ('but, now'), introducing a mild contrastive nuance ('but he, Jesus...') absent in the other two traditions.

Greek αὐτὸς and Latin ipse render the intensive pronoun alone, whereas the Peshitta adds the explicit subject ܝܫܘܥ ('Jesus') alongside the pronoun ܗܘ, an exegetical clarification of the antecedent typical of Syriac narrative style.

Greek ἐπὶ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον and Latin super cervical ('on the cushion/pillow') stand after the stern clause, while the Peshitta ܥܠ ܒܣܕܝܐ places the cushion phrase before the verbs of sleeping and locating; the words are equivalent but the sequence differs in the Syriac arrangement.

The Vulgate inserts an editorial colon at this point dividing the sleeping clause from the waking clause; the Greek marks the boundary with the full stop after καθεύδων, while the punctuation here is a Latin editorial feature.

Greek καί and Latin et render a simple conjunction, but the Peshitta reads ܘܐܬܘ ('and they came'), adding a verb of motion before the waking, a narrative amplification ('and they came and woke him') characteristic of Syriac storytelling not paralleled in Greek or Latin.

Greek αὐτὸν and Latin eum express the direct object 'him' as a separate accusative pronoun, whereas the Peshitta encodes it as the enclitic object suffix on ܐܩܝܡܘܗܝ, a single fused verb-plus-pronoun form.

Greek διδάσκαλε ('Teacher') and Latin Magister translate the title literally, while the Peshitta retains the Semitic term of address ܪܒܢ ('our Master/Rabban'), preserving the underlying Aramaic vocative with the first-person plural possessive rather than rendering the generic noun for teacher.

Greek μέλει σοι ('it is a concern to you') is rendered idiomatically; the Vulgate uses the impersonal periphrasis ad te pertinet ('does it pertain to you'), and the Peshitta ܒܛܝܠ ܠܟ ('is it of care to you') employs its own idiom of concern — three distinct constructions for the same notion of caring.

Greek ἀπολλύμεθα and Latin perimus express 'we perish' as a single inflected first-person plural verb, whereas the Peshitta uses the participle ܐܒܕܝܢ with the explicit independent pronoun ܚܢܢ ('we'), a periphrastic verb-plus-pronoun construction normal in Syriac.

The Vulgate supplies an editorial colon introducing direct speech and a closing question mark after perimus; these punctuation marks are Latin editorial features and have no counterpart in the unpointed Peshitta or in the Greek apart from the interrogative implied by the syntax.