Mark 14 : 2

Greek uses imperfect ἔλεγον alone; Peshitta employs periphrastic construction ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ (participle + auxiliary 'were'); Vulgate uses simple imperfect Dicebant. All three express continuous past action, but Syriac makes the durative aspect explicit through analytic construction.

Greek γάρ ('for') provides causal connection to preceding context; Vulgate substitutes autem ('however/but'), marking adversative or transitional nuance; Peshitta omits any connective particle, allowing asyndetic transition typical of Semitic narrative style.

Greek uses prepositional phrase ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ ('during the feast') with article; Vulgate mirrors with in die festo, specifying 'day' rather than abstract 'feast'; Peshitta uses single lexeme ܒܥܕܥܕܐ ('in/during the festival'), a compound form that conflates preposition and noun without requiring separate article.

Greek μήποτε is a compound negative particle ('lest, otherwise'); Peshitta ܕܠܡܐ is the standard Syriac equivalent; Vulgate expands to two-word phrase ne forte, making the conditional warning more explicit through Latin analytic construction.

Greek and Peshitta place the verb ('will be') before the subject noun; Vulgate inverts to tumultus fieret, placing subject before verb in accordance with Latin stylistic preference for subjunctive clauses introduced by ne.