Mark 9 : 20

Greek ἤνεγκαν and Latin attulerunt are finite 3rd-plural verbs ('they brought'), while the Syriac ܘܐܝܬܝܘܗܝ (root y-th-y, Aphel) fuses conjunction, verb, and pronominal object suffix into a single word — a typical Syriac synthetic construction subsuming the Greek pronoun αὐτόν.

Greek expresses the goal with preposition + pronoun πρὸς αὐτόν; the Peshitta uses the prepositional pronoun ܠܘܬܗ (l-w-th + 3ms suffix, 'to him'). The Vulgate notably omits any explicit 'to him' phrase, leaving attulerunt eum without an indirect object.

Greek uses an aorist participle ἰδών ('having seen'); the Vulgate renders it with a temporal subordinate clause cum vidisset, and the Peshitta with ܘܟܕ ('and when') + finite verb ܚܙܬܗ bearing the object suffix — three distinct syntactic strategies (participial, conjunctional + subjunctive, conjunctional + finite) for the same circumstantial idea.

The object 'him' (αὐτόν / eum) is again carried by the enclitic suffix on the Syriac verb ܚܙܬܗ rather than by an independent pronoun, reflecting the Syriac preference for verbal suffixation.

Greek εὐθύς ('immediately') and Latin statim are single adverbs, whereas the Peshitta employs the idiomatic two-word phrase ܒܪ ܫܥܬܗ (literally 'son of its hour'), a standard Syriac periphrasis for instantaneity.

Greek συνεσπάραξεν ('threw into convulsions, tore') is rendered by Latin conturbavit ('threw into confusion/disturbed') and Syriac ܚܒܛܬܗ (root kh-b-T, 'beat down, dashed'); the three verbs share the sense of violent seizure but differ in lexical nuance, the Latin being notably milder than the Greek.

The object 'him' (αὐτόν / illum) appears as the enclitic suffix on ܚܒܛܬܗ in the Syriac rather than as a separate pronoun.

The Clementine Vulgate inserts a colon here as editorial punctuation marking the clause break before et elisus; no corresponding element exists in the Greek or Syriac transmission.

Greek uses an active aorist participle πεσών ('having fallen'); the Vulgate uses the passive participle elisus ('having been dashed down'), introducing a sense of external agency, while the Peshitta ܘܢܦܠ (root n-p-l) is an active finite verb 'and he fell', matching the Greek voice but not its participial mood.

Greek ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ('upon the ground', genitive) is matched by Syriac ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ; the Vulgate uses the accusative of motion in terram ('onto the ground'), construing the verb with directional rather than locative force.

Greek imperfect ἐκυλίετο ('was rolling') and Latin imperfect volutabatur express durative past action; the Peshitta uses the periphrastic ܘܡܬܒܥܩ ܗܘܐ (participle of b-e-q 'to be rent/convulsed' + auxiliary ܗܘܐ), a standard Syriac construction for past continuous aspect, though with a 'writhing/convulsing' nuance rather than literal 'rolling'.

Greek ἀφρίζων and Latin spumans are present participles ('foaming'); the Peshitta ܘܡܪܥܬ (root r-e-th) is a conjoined finite verb, again preferring coordinate verbal syntax over the participial chain found in Greek and Latin.