Mark 1 : 11

Greek uses the aorist middle ἐγένετο ('came to be'); Syriac employs the simple perfect ܗܘܐ; Latin renders with the passive periphrastic facta est, a construction typical of Vulgate style for γίνομαι. All three convey the same event semantically.

Greek and Latin use the plural (τῶν οὐρανῶν / de cælis, 'from the heavens'), a Hebraic idiom for the divine realm. Syriac employs the singular ܫܡܝܐ ('heaven'), which is standard Syriac usage for the celestial sphere, semantically equivalent but grammatically distinct.

The Vulgate inserts a colon to mark the transition from narrative frame to direct divine speech. Neither Greek nor Syriac manuscripts employ punctuation at this juncture, though the syntactic break is implicit in all three traditions.

Greek employs the articular construction ὁ υἱός μου ('the Son of mine'), with the article ὁ marking definiteness and the possessive genitive μου. Latin mirrors this with Filius meus (no article, as Latin lacks them). Syriac uses the pronominal suffix ܒܪܝ ('my son'), a bound-form construction typical of Semitic languages, semantically identical but syntactically more compact.