Mark 11 : 20

The Peshitta incorporates the temporal adverb ܒܨܦܪܐ ('in the morning') into a compound conjunction ܘܒܨܦܪܐ, placing it before the participial clause, whereas Greek and Latin position πρωΐ/mane after the conjunction and before/after the main verb respectively. This represents a stylistic preference in Syriac for fronting temporal markers.

Greek uses a simple present participle παραπορευόμενοι ('passing by'); Syriac employs a circumstantial construction with ܟܕ + active participle ܥܒܪܝܢ; Latin uses cum + imperfect subjunctive transirent. All three express contemporaneous action but through tradition-specific syntactic patterns—Greek participial, Syriac circumstantial, Latin temporal-cum clause.

The Peshitta adds the demonstrative pronoun ܗܝ ('that [one]') after ܬܬܐ ('fig tree'), creating ܬܬܐ ܗܝ, a common Syriac construction for definiteness and emphasis. Greek uses the article τὴν συκῆν; Latin has bare ficum. The Syriac demonstrative functions as both article-equivalent and anaphoric reference to the previously cursed tree.

Greek uses the plural genitive ἐκ ῥιζῶν ('from roots'); Latin mirrors this with a radicibus (ablative plural); Syriac uses the singular ܡܢ ܥܩܪܗ ('from its root') with a third-person singular possessive suffix. The Syriac singular is a typical idiom for collective or mass concepts, treating the root system as a unified entity rather than discrete roots.