Mark 8 : 14

Greek uses the aorist middle ἐπελάθοντο (deponent, 'they forgot'); Vulgate employs the perfect passive participle obliti sunt ('having forgotten, they were'); Peshitta uses the active perfect ܛܥܘ. All three convey completed action but differ in voice and aspectual nuance.

Greek and Peshitta place the infinitive immediately after the verb of forgetting (λαβεῖν / ܕܢܣܒܘܢ), while Vulgate postpones sumere to after the direct object panes, reflecting Latin stylistic preference for verb-final infinitive complements.

Greek ἄρτους (plural accusative 'loaves') and Latin panes (plural accusative) contrast with Peshitta ܠܚܡܐ (singular 'bread'), a typical Syriac collective usage for mass nouns denoting provisions.

Greek ἄρτον and Latin panem both mean 'loaf (of bread)', whereas Peshitta ܓܪܝܨܬܐ specifically denotes a 'round cake' or 'biscuit', a more precise term for a particular bread form. This may reflect a cultural-linguistic specification in the Syriac tradition.

Greek uses the imperfect οὐκ εἶχον ('they were not having'); Latin employs non habebant (imperfect indicative); Peshitta uses the negative existential ܠܝܬ ܗܘܐ (lit. 'there was not'), a periphrastic construction typical of Syriac negation with stative verbs.

Vulgate inserts a colon after sumere, marking a syntactic break between the main clause and the exceptive clause. Neither Greek nor Peshitta manuscripts transmit equivalent punctuation at this juncture, though the sense remains unchanged.