Mark 6 : 48

The Greek aorist participle ἰδών and Latin present participle videns both stand alone, whereas the Peshitta fuses conjunction and verb into a single finite-form ܘܚܙܐ ('and he saw'), reflecting Syriac preference for paratactic finite verbs over circumstantial participles.

Greek expresses the action with an articular infinitive ἐν τῷ ἐλαύνειν ('in the rowing'), matched by the Latin gerund in remigando; Syriac instead uses a temporal clause ܟܕ ܪܕܝܢ ('while they were driving/sailing'), a construction-level difference conveying the same durative sense.

Greek and Latin both supply the article/noun ὁ ἄνεμος / ventus ('the wind'); Syriac ܪܘܚܐ is anarthrous but contextually definite, a normal feature of Syriac which lacks a definite article in this construction.

Greek ἐναντίος and Latin contrarius are predicate adjectives ('contrary'); the Peshitta renders the idea adverbially with the prepositional phrase ܠܘܩܒܠܗܘܢ ('against them'), a construction-level rather than lexical divergence.

The dative αὐτοῖς and Latin eis ('to/against them') are expressed by the pronominal suffix on the Syriac prepositional form ܠܘܩܒܠܗܘܢ, which already incorporates the 3mp object.

The connective καί / et resuming the main narrative after the parenthetical clause has no separate equivalent in the Peshitta, which proceeds asyndetically to the new clause; a minor stylistic omission.

Greek περί and Latin circa ('about, around [the hour]') express approximation; the Syriac prefixes the preposition ܒ ('in/at') to ܡܛܪܬܐ without the nuance of approximation, a minor temporal-construction difference.

Greek uses the historic present ἔρχεται ('he comes') for dramatic effect; both the Latin perfect venit and the Syriac perfect ܐܬܐ flatten this to past narration, a tense-level (grammar) divergence common in the versions.

The Peshitta explicitly supplies the subject ܝܫܘܥ ('Jesus'), which is only implicit in the third-person verb of the Greek and Latin; a clarifying expansion typical of the Syriac tradition.

Greek περιπατῶν and Latin ambulans are circumstantial participles ('walking'); the Syriac renders this with a temporal clause ܟܕ ܡܗܠܟ ('while he was walking'), a construction-level paraphrase of the participle.

Greek ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης and Latin supra mare both read 'on/over the sea'; the Syriac ܥܠ ܡܝܐ ('upon the waters') substitutes the generic ܡܝܐ ('waters') for 'sea', a lexical shift to the broader term for the body of water.

The Vulgate inserts a colon dividing the clause of Jesus' approach from his intention to pass by; neither the Greek nor Syriac marks this break, which here functions as editorial punctuation.

Greek imperfect ἤθελεν and Latin volebat ('he was wishing') are single forms; the Syriac uses the periphrastic ܘܨܒܐ ܗܘܐ (perfect + enclitic ܗܘܐ) to express the durative past 'he was wanting', an equivalent aspectual construction.

Greek παρελθεῖν ('to pass by') is rendered by the Syriac infinitive ܕܢܥܒܪ (root e-b-r, 'to cross/pass over') and Latin præterire; the Syriac root carries a slightly stronger sense of passing across, a near-synonymous lexical choice.