Mark 8 : 11

EN The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

ES Y vinieron los Fariseos, y comenzaron á altercar con él, pidiéndole señal del cielo, tentándole.

ZH-HANS 法利赛人出来盘问耶稣，求他从天上显个神迹给他们看，想要试探他。

ZH-HANT 法利賽人出來盤問耶穌，求他從天上顯個神蹟給他們看，想要試探他。

Critical apparatus

4 variants · 3 witnesses

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lexical All three attest

Greek NT συζητεῖν

Peshitta ܠܡܒܥܐ

Vulgate conquirere

Greek συζητεῖν ('to dispute, debate') and Latin conquirere convey contentious questioning, whereas Syriac ܠܡܒܥܐ (root b-ʿ-a, 'to seek/inquire') is a milder lexical choice emphasising the act of requesting rather than disputation.

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Greek NT ζητοῦντες

Peshitta ܘܫܐܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ

Vulgate quærentes

Greek and Latin use a present participle (ζητοῦντες / quærentes, 'seeking'); Syriac employs a periphrastic construction ܫܐܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ (active participle + enclitic ܗܘܘ) expressing durative past action, a characteristic Syriac substitute for the participial circumstantial clause.

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Greek NT παρ᾽ (par᾽)

Peshitta ܠܗ

Vulgate ab illo

Greek παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ and Latin ab illo both render the prepositional 'from him' explicitly; Syriac contracts this to the dative-marking ܠܗ ('of/from him') governed by the verb of asking, omitting a separate ablative preposition.

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Greek NT οὐρανοῦ

Peshitta ܟܕ ܡܢܣܝܢ

Vulgate tentantes

Greek πειράζοντες and Latin tentantes use a bare circumstantial participle ('testing'); Syriac introduces the subordinator ܟܕ ('while') + participle ܡܢܣܝܢ, making the temporal-circumstantial relation explicit where Greek and Latin leave it implicit.