Mark 6:39 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT ἀνακλῖναι

Peshitta ܕܢܣܡܟܘܢ

Vulgate ut accumbere facerent

Greek uses a simple infinitive ἀνακλῖναι ('to recline'), while the Vulgate employs a causative construction accumbere facerent ('to make [them] recline'), rendering the command more explicitly as causing the action rather than directly ordering it. The Peshitta ܕܢܣܡܟܘܢ uses a subjunctive construction parallel to the Greek infinitive.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

idiom All three attest

Greek NT συμπόσια συμπόσια

Peshitta ܣܡܟܝܢ ܣܡܟܝܢ

Vulgate secundum contubernia

Greek employs the distributive reduplication συμπόσια συμπόσια (accusative neuter plural repeated) to express 'in groups' or 'by companies,' a Semitic-style construction. The Peshitta mirrors this with ܣܡܟܝܢ ܣܡܟܝܢ (participle repeated), maintaining the distributive idiom. The Vulgate renders secundum contubernia ('according to companies'), using a prepositional phrase rather than reduplication, achieving the same distributive sense through Latin idiom.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

grammar All three attest

Greek NT ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ

Peshitta ܥܠ ܥܣܒܐ

Vulgate super viride fœnum

Greek uses the articular construction ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ ('on the green grass') with article, preposition, and two attributive modifiers in dative singular. The Vulgate super viride fœnum mirrors this structure with article-equivalent positioning. The Peshitta ܥܠ ܥܣܒܐ ('on grass') omits both the article and the adjective 'green,' a typical Semitic economy where the context implies freshness; Syriac commonly omits articles and descriptive adjectives present in Greek.

Mark 6 : 39

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