Mark 14 : 38

Greek expresses purpose with ἵνα μή (two words), Latin with ut non, while Syriac compresses both into the single negative-final particle ܕܠܐ ('that-not'); semantically equivalent but morphologically univerbated in Syriac.

Greek (εἰς πειρασμόν) and Latin (in tentationem) use a preposition + accusative noun, whereas Syriac marks the goal with the proclitic ܠ- on ܠܢܣܝܘܢܐ ('into temptation'); the constructions are functionally identical, differing only in how directionality is encoded.

Greek frames the antithesis with the article + correlative particle (τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα), echoed by Latin Spiritus quidem; Syriac renders only ܪܘܚܐ ('the spirit') without an explicit concessive particle, leaving the antithetical force to be carried by the later ܐܠܐ.

Greek πρόθυμον and Latin promptus est render the predicate with a single adjective, but the Peshitta employs a hendiadys ܨܒܝܐ ܘܡܛܝܒܐ ('willing and ready/prepared'), a characteristic Syriac amplification of a single Greek lexeme into a coordinated pair.

The adversative is expressed by the postpositive δέ in Greek and vero in Latin, both with an accompanying article (ἡ), whereas Syriac uses the stronger fronted adversative conjunction ܐܠܐ ('but/rather'), heightening the contrast between spirit and flesh.