Mark 11 : 16

The Peshitta employs a periphrastic construction ܫܒܩ ܗܘܐ (šbaq hwā, 'was permitting') using the verb 'to be' plus active participle, whereas Greek uses the simple imperfect ἤφιεν and Latin the simple imperfect sinebat. This is a characteristic Syriac idiom for expressing continuous past action, semantically equivalent to the Greek and Latin simple forms.

Greek διενέγκῃ (from διαφέρω, 'carry through/across') emphasizes movement through space, while Latin transferret (from transfero) and Syriac ܢܥܒܪ (ne'bar, 'pass/cross') both denote crossing or transferring. The Syriac and Latin verbs are semantically closer to each other than to the Greek compound, though all three convey the prohibition of transporting objects through the temple precincts.

Greek uses the preposition διά with the genitive article τοῦ ('through the'), and Latin uses per without an article (as Latin lacks articles). Syriac employs ܒܓܘ (b-gaw, 'in-the-midst-of'), a compound preposition that conveys interior passage rather than simple traversal, reflecting a slightly different spatial conceptualization while maintaining the same prohibition.

The Vulgate adds a colon at verse end, marking a stronger pause before the following verse. This punctuation choice reflects Latin rhetorical convention and does not represent a textual variant in the underlying Greek or Syriac witnesses.