Mark 1 : 3

Greek uses prepositional phrase with article (ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ); Vulgate mirrors this structure (in deserto); Peshitta employs a single prefixed preposition on the noun (ܒܡܕܒܪܐ), a typical Syriac morphological compression of the same semantic content.

The Vulgate inserts a colon to mark the transition from the introductory phrase to the prophetic quotation itself. Neither the Greek nor the Peshitta tradition employs punctuation at this juncture, treating the verse as a continuous syntactic unit.

Greek and Vulgate place the imperative before the object (ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου / Parate viam Domini); Peshitta reverses the order, placing the object-phrase before the verb (ܐܘܪܚܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܛܝܒܘ), a common Semitic VSO-to-OVS variation for emphasis or stylistic preference.

Greek employs an adjectival predicate with imperative (εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ, 'make straight the paths of him'); Vulgate mirrors this with rectas facite semitas ejus. Peshitta uses a single Pael verb ܘܐܫܘܘ ('and make level/straight') with pronominal suffix on the object ܫܒܝܠܘܗܝ ('his paths'), achieving the same meaning through verbal morphology rather than separate adjective and verb.