Mark 5:27 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT ἀκούσασα τὰ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ

Peshitta ܟܕ ܫܡܥܬ ܥܠ ܝܫܘܥ

Vulgate cum audisset de Jesu

Greek employs an aorist participle with articular neuter plural object (ἀκούσασα τὰ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, 'having heard the [things] concerning Jesus'); Syriac uses a temporal particle with perfect verb (ܟܕ ܫܡܥܬ ܥܠ ܝܫܘܥ, 'when she heard about Jesus') without explicit object; Vulgate mirrors the Syriac construction with cum + pluperfect subjunctive (cum audisset de Jesu). The Greek article τὰ substantivizes the prepositional phrase, creating a direct object absent in the other traditions.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT ἐλθοῦσα ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ὄπισθεν

Peshitta ܐܬܬ ܒܚܒܨܐ ܕܟܢܫܐ ܡܢ ܒܣܬܪܗ

Vulgate venit in turba retro

Greek places the locative phrase ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ('in the crowd') before the directional adverb ὄπισθεν ('from behind'); Syriac reverses this order with ܒܚܒܨܐ ܕܟܢܫܐ ܡܢ ܒܣܬܪܗ ('in the press of the crowd from behind him'), embedding the directional phrase within a construct chain; Vulgate follows Greek word order (in turba retro) but uses an adverb rather than preposition. All three convey identical spatial semantics through different syntactic strategies.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

lexical All three attest

Greek NT ἥψατο τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ·

Peshitta ܩܪܒܬ ܠܠܒܘܫܗ

Vulgate et tetigit vestimentum ejus

Greek ἥψατο (from ἅπτω, 'she touched') and Vulgate tetigit both denote simple contact; Syriac ܩܪܒܬ (from √ܩܪܒ, 'she approached/drew near') emphasizes the act of drawing near rather than the touch itself, with the garment as dative object (ܠܠܒܘܫܗ). The Syriac lexeme may reflect a semantic shift focusing on the woman's intentional approach, though the resultant action (touching) is contextually implied.

Mark 5 : 27

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