Mark 3 : 6

The Vulgate omits the coordinating conjunction (Greek Καὶ, Peshitta ܘ-), beginning instead with the participle Exeuntes. This is a stylistic choice common in Latin narrative prose, where asyndeton or participial constructions replace explicit conjunctions.

Greek employs the definite article with the noun (οἱ Φαρισαῖοι); Peshitta and Vulgate lack articles (ܦܪܝܫܐ, pharisæi), reflecting the absence of definite articles in Syriac and the optional use in Latin. The semantic content remains identical.

Greek εὐθὺς ('immediately') and Vulgate statim ('at once') are direct temporal adverbs. Peshitta uses the idiomatic phrase ܒܪ ܫܥܬܗ (lit. 'son of his hour'), a Semitic idiom meaning 'immediately'. All three convey the same urgency but through different linguistic strategies.

Greek uses prepositional phrase μετὰ τῶν Ἡρῳδιανῶν ('with the Herodians'); Vulgate mirrors this with cum Herodianis. Peshitta employs ܥܡ ܕܒܝܬ ܗܪܘܕܣ ('with [those of] the house of Herod'), a periphrastic construction typical of Syriac for rendering Greek ethnic/political designations.

The Peshitta adds ܘܡܠܟܐ ('and counsel'), creating a hendiadys or doublet with the following verb. This may be an interpretive expansion clarifying that they 'took counsel' or a scribal harmonization, as neither Greek nor Vulgate attest this additional noun here.

Greek uses the imperfect periphrastic συμβούλιον ἐδίδουν ('were giving counsel', i.e., 'were holding a council'); Vulgate employs consilium faciebant ('were making counsel'), a synonymous Latin idiom. Peshitta uses the simple verb ܢܣܒܘ ('they took'), a more direct Semitic construction for the same action.

Greek repeats the pronoun αὐτόν in the purpose clause (ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀπολέσωσιν, 'how they might destroy him'); Vulgate likewise repeats eum (quomodo eum perderent). Peshitta attaches the pronominal suffix directly to the verb ܕܢܘܒܕܘܢܝܗܝ ('-him' as suffix), avoiding repetition—a standard Semitic syntactic economy.