Mark 6 : 12

Greek uses conjunction καὶ plus aorist participle ἐξελθόντες (nominative plural masculine); Peshitta employs the single verb ܘܢܦܩܘ with prefixed conjunction; Vulgate mirrors the Greek participial construction with Et exeuntes. All three express the same sequential action but through different syntactic strategies.

Peshitta inserts the auxiliary verb ܗܘܘ (hwaw, 'they were') to form a periphrastic construction with ܘܐܟܪܙܘ, creating a durative or iterative aspect not explicitly marked in the Greek aorist ἐκήρυξαν or Latin perfect prædicabant. This reflects a common Syriac strategy for aspectual nuance.

Greek uses ἵνα with subjunctive μετανοῶσιν (single verb 'that they may repent'); Peshitta employs ܕܢܬܘܒܘܢ (d-netubun, 'that they return/repent'); Vulgate expands to ut pœnitentiam agerent ('that they might do penance'), using a noun-verb periphrasis. The Vulgate construction reflects Latin idiom for expressing repentance as an action performed rather than a state entered.

Vulgate adds a colon to mark the end of this clause, a scribal convention not present in Greek or Syriac manuscript traditions. This reflects Latin editorial practice rather than textual variance.