Mark 9 : 32

Greek uses article + postpositive conjunction (οἱ δέ); Vulgate employs adversative conjunction + pronoun (At illi); Peshitta uses demonstrative pronoun + conjunction (ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ). All three convey the same adversative sense ('but they'), differing only in syntactic strategy.

Greek uses article + noun (τὸ ῥῆμα); Vulgate omits the article (verbum), following Latin's lack of definite articles; Peshitta employs prepositional phrase with pronominal suffix (ܠܗ ܠܡܠܬܐ, 'to-it to-the-word'), a Syriac construction marking definiteness and emphasis through dative of reference.

Greek and Peshitta use simple conjunction (καὶ / ܘ); Vulgate inserts a colon before et, creating a stronger pause that separates the two clauses more distinctly. This reflects Latin rhetorical punctuation practice rather than a textual variant.

Greek and Latin use simple imperfect verbs (ἐφοβοῦντο / timebant, 'they were afraid'); Peshitta again employs periphrastic construction with participle + auxiliary (ܘܕܚܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ, 'and they-were fearing'), parallel to the earlier verbal construction and characteristic of Syriac durative aspect marking.

Greek places the object pronoun before the infinitive (αὐτὸν ἐπερωτῆσαι, 'Him to-ask'); Latin mirrors this order (interrogare eum); Peshitta incorporates the pronominal suffix directly onto the infinitive (ܕܢܫܐܠܘܢܝܗܝ, 'that-they-ask-him'), a standard Semitic morphological feature where object pronouns attach as suffixes rather than standing as separate words.