Mark 16 : 8

Greek καὶ ('and') is rendered by Syriac ܘܟܕ ('and when'), which adds a temporal nuance, while Latin uses At ('but'), introducing a mild adversative contrast absent in the Greek.

Greek adverb ταχὺ ('quickly') is omitted in both Peshitta and Vulgate, possibly deemed redundant given the urgency implied by 'fled.'

Greek ἔφυγον ('they fled') appears after the participle and adverb; Syriac ܥܪܩ ('they fled') precedes ܘܢܦܩ ('and they went out'), reversing the sequence; Latin fugerunt follows Greek order.

Peshitta inserts ܫܡܥ ('having heard'), absent in both Greek and Latin, possibly harmonising with a tradition that the women heard something (the angel's message) before fleeing.

Greek uses ἔκστασις ('amazement, ecstasy') alongside τρόμος ('trembling'); Syriac employs ܬܗܪܐ ('wonder') and ܪܬܝܬܐ ('trembling'); Latin uses tremor et pavor ('trembling and fear'), substituting pavor for ἔκστασις, emphasising terror over astonishment.

Greek employs double negative οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν ('to no one nothing'); Syriac uses ܘܠܐܢܫ ܡܕܡ ܠܐ ('and to anyone anything not'), placing the negation ܠܐ after the object; Latin nemini quidquam dixerunt mirrors Greek structure with negatives before the verb.

Greek ἐφοβοῦντο (imperfect middle-passive 'they were being afraid') conveys ongoing state; Syriac ܕܚܝܠܢ ܗܘܝ (perfect + auxiliary 'they had feared') uses a compound construction; Latin timebant (imperfect active) aligns with Greek tense-aspect.

The so-called 'Shorter Ending' (Mark 16:8b, tokens 19–52) is absent in both Peshitta and Vulgate witnesses here. This passage, attested in some Greek manuscripts (L Ψ 099 0112 etc.), reports that the women promptly told Peter's circle and that Jesus sent out the gospel from east to west; its omission reflects the textual tradition ending at 16:8a.