construction
All three attest
Greek NT
γενομένοις πενθοῦσιν καὶ
Peshitta
ܕܐܒܝܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܒܟܝܢ
Vulgate
fuerant lugentibus et
Greek uses present participles in the dative (πενθοῦσιν καὶ κλαίουσιν) to modify the substantival participle, creating a single participial phrase. Syriac employs a periphrastic construction with two instances of the auxiliary ܗܘܘ ('were') governing active participles (ܕܐܒܝܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܒܟܝܢ, 'who were mourning and weeping'), yielding a more analytic verbal structure. Latin mirrors the Greek with gerundive participles (lugentibus et flentibus).