Mark 6 : 55

The Vulgate places the conjunction 'et' before the main verb 'percurrentes', whereas Greek and Peshitta begin directly with the verb. This reflects Latin stylistic preference for coordinating conjunctions at clause boundaries.

Greek καὶ ('and') coordinating the two main verbs is absent in both Peshitta and Vulgate. The Peshitta uses ܘܫܪܝܘ with prefixed waw, and the Vulgate asyndetically transitions to 'cœperunt', both achieving coordination without replicating the Greek conjunction.

Greek uses a prepositional phrase ἐπὶ τοῖς κραβάττοις ('on the mats') modifying the infinitive. Peshitta restructures with a temporal/circumstantial participle ܟܕ ܫܩܝܠܝܢ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܥܪܣܬܐ ('while carrying them on beds'), adding the pronominal object ܠܗܘܢ ('them'). Vulgate retains the prepositional structure 'in grabatis' but repositions it after the direct object.

Greek uses an articular participle construction τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ('those being sick'). Peshitta employs a relative clause ܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܒܝܫܐܝܬ ܥܒܝܕܝܢ ('those who were sick/afflicted'). Vulgate uses a relative clause 'eos qui se male habebant' with reflexive pronoun 'se', making the construction more explicit than the Greek.

The infinitive περιφέρειν ('to carry about') appears after the object phrase in Greek and Vulgate ('circumferre'), but Peshitta places the equivalent verb ܠܡܝܬܝܘ ('to bring') before the object and participial clause, reflecting typical Syriac verb-initial syntax.

Greek ἤκουον is imperfect indicative; Peshitta ܫܡܥܝܢ ܗܘܘ uses the periphrastic construction (participle + auxiliary) to express imperfect aspect; Vulgate 'audiebant' is simple imperfect. All three convey ongoing past action, but through different morphological strategies.

Greek uses ὅτι introducing indirect discourse with ἐκεῖ ἐστίν ('that he is there'). Peshitta compresses this into the single enclitic form ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ('that he is'), incorporating the pronominal subject and omitting the separate locative adverb. Vulgate retains both 'eum' (accusative subject of indirect discourse) and 'esse' but places the locative 'ubi' earlier in the clause.