Mark 13 : 35

The Peshitta adds the explicit subject pronoun ܐܢܬܘܢ ('you'), a common Semitic clarification where Greek and Latin rely on verbal inflection alone. Greek uses the explanatory particle γάρ ('for'), which the Vulgate renders as enim; Syriac omits this particle, integrating the clause more directly.

The Peshitta inserts the independent pronoun ܐܢܬܘܢ ('you') as an explicit subject, a typical Syriac stylistic feature for emphasis or clarity. Neither Greek nor Latin requires or transmits an independent pronoun here, relying instead on the second-person plural verb ending.

Greek employs the article ὁ before κύριος and τῆς before οἰκίας, yielding a four-token construction (ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας). Latin omits articles (dominus domus), and Syriac uses the emphatic state (ܡܪܗ ܕܒܝܬܐ, 'the master of the house') with the genitive particle ܕ, producing a two-token phrase semantically equivalent to the Greek but syntactically more compact.

Greek places the verb ἔρχεται after the subject phrase; Syriac ܐܬܐ and Latin veniat (subjunctive in an indirect question) appear before their respective subjects. The Vulgate uses the subjunctive mood (veniat) appropriate to Latin indirect discourse, whereas Greek retains the indicative ἔρχεται.

The Vulgate inserts a colon after veniat to mark the beginning of the temporal alternatives, a punctuation convention absent in Greek and Syriac manuscript traditions. This reflects Latin rhetorical structuring rather than a textual variant.

Greek uses the disjunctive particle ἤ followed by the adverb ὀψέ ('at evening'). Syriac employs the prepositional phrase ܒܪܡܫܐ ('in the evening') with the disjunctive ܐܘ. Latin renders this as the adverb sero with the interrogative particle an, shifting from Greek's simple disjunction to a Latin indirect-question construction (an... an... an... an).

Greek ἢ μεσονύκτιον uses a single compound noun ('midnight'). Syriac expands this to a prepositional phrase ܒܦܠܓܗ ܕܠܠܝܐ ('at the half of the night'), a periphrastic idiom. Latin media nocte employs an adjective + noun construction, semantically equivalent but syntactically distinct from the Greek substantive.