Mark 6 : 20

Greek uses accusative with article τὸν Ἰωάννην as direct object of φοβέω; Peshitta uses prepositional phrase ܡܢ ܝܘܚܢܢ ('from John'), reflecting Syriac idiom for 'fear of'; Vulgate uses simple accusative Joannem. Semantically equivalent despite syntactic variation.

Greek uses perfect active participle εἰδώς ('knowing'); Peshitta employs causal prepositional phrase ܥܠ ܕܝܕܥ ܗܘܐ ('because he knew'), making the causal relationship explicit; Vulgate uses present participle sciens. The Peshitta's periphrastic construction emphasizes causality.

Greek uses double accusative construction (αὐτὸν ἄνδρα δίκαιον καὶ ἅγιον) with object pronoun; Peshitta uses ܕ-clause with copular pronoun ܗܘ ('that he was a man righteous and holy'); Vulgate mirrors Greek structure with eum virum justum et sanctum. Peshitta's nominal clause is typical Syriac syntax for indirect discourse.

Vulgate inserts colon after sanctum, creating stronger syntactic break between the two clauses describing Herod's actions. Greek and Peshitta use simple conjunction καί/ܘ without punctuation break, maintaining closer coordination between 'knowing' and 'protecting.'

Greek reads ἀκούσας αὐτοῦ πολλὰ ἠπόρει ('having heard him, he was much perplexed'); Vulgate reads audito eo multa faciebat ('having heard him, he did many things'); Peshitta reads ܘܣܓܝܐܬܐ ܫܡܥ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܘܥܒܕ ('and many things he heard from him and did'). The Greek verb ἠπόρει ('was perplexed') is replaced in both Vulgate and Peshitta with ἐποίει/faciebat/ܥܒܕ ('did/made'), representing a significant textual variant with different semantic content.