Mark 8 : 7

Greek uses the simple imperfect εἶχον ('they had'); the Peshitta renders this periphrastically with ܐܝܬ + the auxiliary ܗܘܘ ('there was [to them]'), a characteristic Syriac existential construction expressing possession. The Vulgate habebant matches the Greek finite verb directly.

Greek employs the diminutive ἰχθύδια ('little fish'), matched by Latin pisciculos ('small fish'); the Peshitta ܢܘܢܐ is the unmarked generic word for 'fish' without an explicit diminutive force, slightly flattening the nuance of the Greek.

Greek has participle + object (εὐλογήσας αὐτά, 'having blessed them'); the Peshitta inverts to prepositional object + finite verb (ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܒܪܟ, 'over them he blessed'), reflecting Syriac idiom for blessing 'over' an object. The Vulgate retains the object-then-verb order (ipsos benedixit) with a finite verb rather than a participle.

Greek εἶπεν ('he said/ordered') is rendered in the Peshitta by ܘܐܡܪ ('and he said'), preserving the verb of speaking; the Vulgate substitutes jussit ('he commanded'), making the command explicit rather than leaving it implicit in a verb of saying.

Greek and Latin introduce the order with a coordinating καί / et ('and these [also]'); the Peshitta dispenses with the second conjunction, folding the command directly into a subordinate clause (ܕܢܣܝܡܘܢ) without a connective.

Greek ταῦτα ('these things') functions as the demonstrative object of the infinitive; the Peshitta expresses it with the resumptive pronoun ܐܢܘܢ ('them'), and the Vulgate ipsos likewise uses a pronoun rather than a neuter demonstrative, a routine simplification across both versions.

Greek uses a present infinitive of indirect command (παρατιθέναι, 'to be set before [them]'); the Peshitta employs a finite subordinate clause with the imperfect ܕܢܣܝܡܘܢ ('that they should set'), while the Vulgate uses the passive infinitive apponi ('to be served'). All three express the same directive through differing syntactic means.

The Vulgate inserts a colon after paucos, segmenting the verse into two clauses; this editorial punctuation has no counterpart in the Greek (which has a high point ·) treated within ὀλίγα·, and the Peshitta carries no equivalent mark in this token stream.