Mark 12 : 34

Both the Peshitta (ܕܝܢ) and the Vulgate (autem) render a postpositive transitional particle absent from the Greek's clause-initial καί here; they realign the syntax of the verse opening without altering its sense.

Greek and Latin use the aorist/present participle (ἰδὼν / videns, 'seeing'), while the Peshitta ܚܙܝܗܝ encloses the pronominal object ('saw him') within the verb form, so the Greek explicit accusative αὐτὸν is absorbed into the Syriac inflection.

The Greek explicit object αὐτὸν ('him') corresponds to the enclitic pronominal suffix on the Syriac verb ܚܙܝܗܝ; Syriac expresses the object morphologically rather than as a separate token.

Greek νουνεχῶς ('mindfully, sensibly') and Latin sapienter ('wisely') both render the manner adverb; the Peshitta fuses the conjunction ܕ with the adverb ܚܟܝܡܐܝܬ ('wisely'), a derivation from the root for wisdom rather than the Greek's 'having mind' compound.

Greek ἀπεκρίθη and Latin respondisset render 'he answered' with a single verb; the Peshitta expands into the idiomatic triad ܡܦܢܐ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܥܢܐ ('returned/gave a word, answered'), a stock Syriac periphrasis for replying, which redistributes the single Greek verb across multiple lexemes.

Greek and Latin set the speech verb asyndetically (εἶπεν / dixit), whereas the Peshitta prefixes the coordinating waw (ܘܐܡܪ, 'and said'), forming a coordinated verb chain typical of Syriac narrative style.

Greek places μακρὰν ('far') before the copula εἶ, and Latin similarly orders Non es longe; the Peshitta sequences ܠܐ ܗܘܝܬ ܪܚܝܩ (negation + copula + 'far'), positioning the predicate adjective after the verb in standard Syriac order.

Greek εἶ and Latin es are present-tense copulas ('you are'), while the Peshitta ܗܘܝܬ employs the verb 'to be' (ܗܘܐ) in a form that can carry perfective/stative nuance; the difference is a routine cross-linguistic copular adjustment.

Greek and Latin coordinate the following clause with simple καί / Et ('and'), but the Peshitta merges the conjunction with the negator (ܘܠܐ, 'and no'), attaching the coordination directly to the indefinite subject phrase.

Greek compresses double negation and temporal sense into the single word οὐκέτι ('no longer'); the Peshitta carries the negation in ܘܠܐ and renders the temporal element separately with ܬܘܒ ('again/longer'), while the Vulgate uses the bare adverb jam ('now/any longer') relying on the preceding nemo for negation.

Greek ἐτόλμα is imperfect ('was daring/venturing'), conveying durative aspect; the Vulgate audebat matches with the Latin imperfect, while the Peshitta ܐܡܪܚ ('dared') is a simple perfective form, a routine aspectual flattening.

Greek uses an articular complementary infinitive with explicit object (αὐτὸν ἐπερωτῆσαι, 'to question him'), matched by the Vulgate eum interrogare; the Peshitta renders the whole with a single finite subordinate verb ܕܢܫܐܠܝܘܗܝ ('that they should ask him'), incorporating both the dependent-clause marker and the pronominal object suffix.