Mark 1 : 11

Greek ἐγένετο (aorist of γίνομαι) and Syriac ܗܘܐ render the event with a single finite verb, whereas the Vulgate uses the periphrastic perfect facta est ('was made/came'), splitting the predicate across two tokens.

Greek τῶν οὐρανῶν and Latin cælis are plural ('the heavens'), reflecting the Semitic dual/plural שָׁמַיִם, while the Peshitta ܫܡܝܐ is morphologically the standard Syriac form that does not mark the plural overtly here; the article present in Greek has no separate Syriac or Latin token.

Greek εἶ (copula 'are') and Latin es are finite verbs, whereas the Peshitta employs the enclitic pronoun ܗܘ functioning as a copula in the nominal sentence ܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܒܪܝ ('You — He — my Son'), a characteristic Syriac construction lacking an explicit verb.

Greek expresses 'the Son of mine' analytically with article ὁ, noun υἱός, and genitive enclitic μου; Latin uses Filius meus with a possessive adjective; the Peshitta synthesises all three into the single suffixed form ܒܪܝ ('my Son'), typical of Syriac pronominal morphology.

Greek attributes the adjective with a repeated article (ὁ ἀγαπητός, 'the beloved'), an articular construction marking a distinct epithet; Latin dilectus and Syriac ܚܒܝܒܐ render it as a simple attributive without the doubled article, losing the appositional emphasis of the Greek.

Greek εὐδόκησα ('I was well pleased', aorist) and Latin complacui (perfect) express divine approval, while the Syriac ܐܨܛܒܝܬ (Ethpaʿal of ts-b-y, 'I have taken delight/willed') carries a volitional nuance of 'I have chosen to delight'; the Greek punctuation marker ¶ closing the pericope has no equivalent in the other traditions.