Mark 4 : 3

EN “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

ES Oid: He aquí, el sembrador salió á sembrar.

ZH-HANS 「你们听啊！有一个撒种的出去撒种。

ZH-HANT 「你們聽啊！有一個撒種的出去撒種。

Critical apparatus

3 variants · 3 witnesses

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

punctuation All three attest

Greek NT Ἀκούετε.¶

Peshitta ܫܡܥܘ

Vulgate Audite ecce

The Greek imperative Ἀκούετε ('Listen!') carries a paragraph marker (¶) and full stop, while the Vulgate separates Audite from the following clause with an explicit colon. Syriac ܫܡܥܘ stands without punctuation; the divergence is purely editorial and does not affect the reading.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT ὁ σπείρων

Peshitta ܙܪܘܥܐ

Vulgate ad

Greek uses an articular present participle (ὁ σπείρων, 'the one sowing'), substantivising the agent with the definite article; the Vulgate renders this with a bare participle (seminans) and Syriac with the agent noun ܙܪܘܥܐ ('the sower'). All three denote the same figure but employ distinct nominal strategies.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT τοῦ σπεῖραι·

Peshitta ܠܡܙܪܥ

Vulgate seminandum

Greek expresses purpose with the articular genitive infinitive τοῦ σπεῖραι, the Vulgate with the gerundive ad seminandum, and Syriac with the prefixed infinitive ܠܡܙܪܥ (lamed + infinitive). Each is the idiomatic purpose construction of its language, semantically equivalent ('to sow').