Mark 3 : 14

Greek ἐποίησεν ('he made/appointed') and Latin fecit literally render 'made,' while the Peshitta uses ܓܒܐ (g-b-a, 'he chose/selected'); the Syriac root corresponds to Hebrew בָּחַר ('to choose') and reflects an interpretive rendering emphasising election rather than the Greek idiom of 'making' the Twelve. The single Syriac verb ܘܓܒܐ also absorbs the connective.

The clause οὓς καὶ ἀποστόλους ὠνόμασεν ('whom also he named apostles') is attested in the Greek (a reading supported by א B and adopted in NA28) but absent from both the Peshitta and the Clementine Vulgate, which here follow the shorter text-type. Its omission likely reflects the Western/Byzantine tradition underlying both versions rather than independent abridgement.

Greek employs the purpose conjunction ἵνα with the present subjunctive ὦσιν and Latin uses ut essent; the Peshitta compresses the conjunction and verb into the single prefixed form ܕܢܗܘܘܢ (d-nehwon, 'that they should be'), a normal Syriac syntactic economy.

The Clementine Vulgate inserts a colon dividing the two purpose clauses ('that they might be with him' / 'that he might send them'); neither the Greek nor the Syriac marks this break, and it reflects editorial Latin punctuation rather than a textual divergence.