Mark 9:5 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

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Greek NT καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς

Peshitta ܘܐܡܪ

Vulgate Et respondens

Greek employs the redundant Semitic construction καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ... λέγει (aorist participle + finite verb); Peshitta uses simple ܘܐܡܪ ('and he said'); Vulgate mirrors Greek with Et respondens ... ait, a calque of the Semitic idiom common in Gospel narrative.

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Greek NT ὁ Πέτρος

Peshitta ܟܐܦܐ

Vulgate Petrus

Greek uses the article ὁ Πέτρος (nominative with article); Peshitta ܟܐܦܐ and Vulgate Petrus lack articles, as Syriac and Latin do not employ definite articles with proper names in this syntactic position.

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substitution All three attest

Greek NT λέγει τῷ Ἰησοῦ· ῥαββί

Peshitta ܠܗ ܪܒܝ

Vulgate ait Jesu Rabbi bonum

Greek has λέγει τῷ Ἰησοῦ· ῥαββί ('says to Jesus: Rabbi') with dative indirect object and vocative address. Peshitta inverts the structure: ܠܗ ('to him') precedes ܟܐܦܐ, then ܪܒܝ ('Rabbi') follows as direct address without naming Jesus explicitly. Vulgate ait Jesu : Rabbi inserts the vocative Jesu before the colon, making Jesus the addressee explicit in a different syntactic slot than Greek.

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Greek NT καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι

Peshitta ܫܦܝܪ ܗܘ ܠܢ ܕܗܪܟܐ ܢܗܘܐ

Vulgate est nos hic esse et faciamus

Greek καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι places the predicate adjective first (καλόν ἐστιν), then accusative subject (ἡμᾶς) with infinitive (εἶναι). Peshitta ܫܦܝܪ ܗܘ ܠܢ ܕܗܪܟܐ ܢܗܘܐ uses a participial construction with ܕ ('that') introducing the clause. Vulgate bonum est nos hic esse follows Greek word order closely but uses accusative-infinitive construction typical of Latin indirect discourse.

Mark 9 : 5

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