Mark 7 : 31

The Peshitta explicitly names the subject ܝܫܘܥ ('Jesus'), whereas both Greek and Latin rely on the implied subject from context. This is a typical Syriac clarifying gloss for narrative continuity.

Greek διὰ Σιδῶνος ('through Sidon') and Latin per Sidonem indicate a route passing through Sidon. The Peshitta reads ܘܕܨܝܕܢ ('and of Sidon'), coordinating Sidon with Tyre as a dual point of departure rather than a waypoint, reflecting a different geographic conception.

Greek uses the preposition εἰς with accusative article-noun phrase (εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας); Latin mirrors this with ad mare Galilææ; Syriac employs the prefixed preposition ܠ directly on ܝܡܐ ܕܓܠܝܠܐ without an article, a standard Semitic construct-state construction.

Greek ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὁρίων Δεκαπόλεως ('through the midst of the region of Decapolis') and Latin inter medios fines Decapoleos employ a prepositional phrase emphasizing passage through the interior. Syriac ܒܬܚܘܡܐ ܕܥܣܪܬ-ܡܕܝܢܬܐ uses the simple preposition ܒ ('in/within the region'), conveying location rather than traversal, a semantically equivalent but syntactically distinct idiom.