Mark 8 : 23

Greek employs an aorist participle with genitive article construction (ἐπιλαβόμενος τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ τυφλοῦ); Vulgate uses a perfect passive participle with ablative (apprehensa manu cæci); Syriac integrates the action into the main verb with a prepositional phrase (ܘܐܚܕ ܒܐܝܕܗ ܕܣܡܝܐ, 'and he took by-the-hand of-the-blind-man'). All three convey identical semantics through different syntactic strategies.

Vulgate inserts a colon after 'vicum' to mark a major syntactic break before the healing actions, creating a two-part narrative structure. Greek uses a comma (modern editorial convention); Syriac has no equivalent punctuation marker, maintaining continuous narrative flow.

Greek uses the dual-number noun ὄμματα ('eyes', specifically two eyes) with preposition εἰς; Latin employs the standard plural oculos with 'in'; Syriac uses the singular with pronominal suffix ܒܥܝܢܘܗܝ ('in-his-eyes'), a typical Semitic idiom where body parts in dual pairs are often expressed in singular form when possessed.

Greek χεῖρας is accusative plural ('hands'); Vulgate manibus is ablative plural; Syriac ܐܝܕܗ appears to be singular with pronominal suffix ('his-hand'), though the action implies both hands. This may reflect Syriac's tendency toward singular forms for paired body parts or a scribal simplification.

Greek uses a conditional particle with indefinite pronoun (εἴ τι βλέπεις, 'if anything you-see'); Vulgate mirrors this with 'si quid videret' (indirect question in subjunctive); Syriac employs an interrogative pronoun construction (ܕܡܢܐ ܚܙܐ, 'what he-sees'), transforming the conditional into a direct question. The semantic force remains interrogative across all three traditions.