Mark 9:11 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

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punctuation All three attest

Greek NT καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες·

Peshitta ܘܡܫܐܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ

Vulgate Et interrogabant eum dicentes Quid

The Vulgate inserts a colon after dicentes to mark the transition to direct speech, while Greek uses a raised dot (·) and Peshitta employs no explicit punctuation marker. This reflects Latin scribal convention for introducing quoted speech.

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substitution All three attest

Greek NT ὅτι

Peshitta ܡܢܐ ܗܟܝܠ

Vulgate ergo dicunt

Greek ὅτι introduces indirect discourse ('that the scribes say that...'), whereas Peshitta ܡܢܐ ܗܟܝܠ ('What then...?') and Vulgate Quid ergo transform the statement into a direct question, fundamentally altering the syntactic structure from declarative to interrogative.

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expansion All three attest

Greek NT οἱ γραμματεῖς

Peshitta ܣܦܪܐ

Vulgate et scribæ quia

The Vulgate expands οἱ γραμματεῖς ('the scribes') to pharisæi et scribæ ('Pharisees and scribes'), harmonising with the frequent synoptic pairing of these groups (cf. Matt 23:2, Mark 7:5). Neither the Greek NA28 nor the Peshitta attest this doublet here.

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substitution All three attest

Greek NT ὅτι Ἠλίαν δεῖ ἐλθεῖν πρῶτον;

Peshitta ܕܐܠܝܐ ܘܠܐ ܕܢܐܬܐ ܠܘܩܕܡ

Vulgate Eliam oportet venire primum

Greek uses ὅτι to introduce the content clause ('that Elijah must come first'), while Peshitta employs ܕܐܠܝܐ ܘܠܐ ܕܢܐܬܐ ('that Elijah—is it not?—must come'), inserting the interrogative particle ܘܠܐ to reinforce the question structure initiated earlier. Vulgate quia mirrors Greek syntax but follows the interrogative framework with a terminal question mark.

Mark 9 : 11

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