Mark 8 : 20

Greek opens with the temporal conjunction ὅτε plus connective δέ ('and when'); the Peshitta fuses this into a single prefixed form ܘܟܕ (waw + kad, 'and when'); the Vulgate renders Quando with the connective et displaced after it. All three express the same temporal-narrative transition.

Greek τοὺς ἑπτά uses the article substantivally ('the seven [loaves]') without an explicit noun; the Vulgate supplies the noun panes ('loaves') for clarity, while the Peshitta ܫܒܥܐ leaves the numeral bare like the Greek. The added Latin noun is an explanatory rendering of the elliptical Greek.

The interrogative 'how many' (πόσων / ܟܡܐ / quot) is uniformly attested, but the Vulgate inserts a colon (idx 7) before quot, segmenting the question as a fresh clause; this punctuation reflects the editorial division of the verse rather than a textual variant.

Greek uses the noun phrase πληρώματα κλασμάτων ('fillings of fragments'); the Vulgate compresses to the bare genitive fragmentorum ('of fragments'), omitting any equivalent of πληρώματα; the Peshitta paraphrases with a circumstantial clause ܕܩܨܝܐ ܟܕ ܡܠܝܢ ('of fragments, when [they were] full'), expressing 'fullness' verbally rather than nominally.

Greek has the resumptive article οἱ with καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ ('and they say to him'), and the Vulgate mirrors this with Et dicunt ei (plus colon); the Peshitta reduces the whole speech-frame to a single verb ܐܡܪܝܢ ('they say'), with no explicit conjunction, article, or dative pronoun. The Syriac economy contrasts with the fuller Greek/Latin construction.