Mark 2 : 14

Greek uses conjunction + participle (Καὶ παράγων); Vulgate employs conjunction + temporal clause (Et cum præteriret); Peshitta uses conjunction + temporal particle + finite verb (ܘܟܕ ܥܒܪ). All three express the same temporal-circumstantial sense with different syntactic strategies.

Greek uses double article construction (Λευὶν τὸν τοῦ Ἁλφαίου) with accusative article + genitive article; Peshitta employs construct state (ܠܠܘܝ ܒܪ ܚܠܦܝ, 'Levi son-of Alphaeus'); Vulgate uses simple genitive (Levi Alphæi) without articles. All three identify Levi as son of Alphaeus with tradition-specific syntax.

Greek uses participle + preposition + article + noun (καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον); Vulgate mirrors with participle + preposition + noun (sedentem ad telonium); Peshitta employs relative particle + finite verb + construct phrase (ܕܝܬܒ ܒܝܬ ܡܟܣܐ, 'who-sits house-of tax-collection'). The Syriac idiom ܒܝܬ ܡܟܣܐ ('house of tax') is a locative construct equivalent to Greek/Latin 'tax booth.'

Greek uses conjunction + present tense verb + dative pronoun with punctuation mark (καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ·); Vulgate inserts colon after pronoun (et ait illi :) to mark direct speech; Peshitta omits explicit punctuation marker. All three introduce Jesus's command identically in sense but differ in discourse-marking conventions.

Greek uses the verb ἀκολούθει ('follow') with dative μοι ('me'); Vulgate employs the synonym sequere ('follow') with accusative me. Peshitta substitutes entirely different lexemes: ܬܐ ܒܬܪܝ ('come after-me'), using the imperative of 'come' + prepositional phrase rather than a 'follow' verb, reflecting a common Syriac idiom for discipleship.