Greek uses a finite present-tense verb συνάγονται ('they are gathered'); the Peshitta likewise employs a finite perfect ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ ('and they gathered'), but the Vulgate recasts the action as a present participle convenientes ('assembling'), subordinating it to the main verb renuntiaverunt — a syntactic restructuring of the historic-present into a participial circumstance.