Mark 9 : 37

Greek uses relative pronoun ὃς with modal particle ἂν to express indefiniteness; Peshitta employs ܟܠ ܡܢ ('everyone who'), a standard Syriac construction for indefinite relatives; Vulgate uses the compound indefinite pronoun Quisquis. All three convey 'whoever' but through different grammatical strategies.

Greek places the numeral ἓν before the partitive genitive τῶν τοιούτων παιδίων; Peshitta uses the comparative particle ܐܝܟ ('like') with demonstrative ܗܢܐ ܛܠܝܐ ('this child'), omitting the explicit numeral; Vulgate follows Greek word order with unum ex hujusmodi pueris. The Peshitta construction emphasizes qualitative similarity rather than numerical singularity.

Greek uses the prepositional phrase ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ('in/upon my name') with article and dative; Vulgate mirrors this with in nomine meo; Peshitta employs the bound form ܒܫܡܝ ('in-my-name') as a single morphological unit, a typical Semitic construct state eliminating the need for separate article and possessive pronoun.

Greek uses emphatic pronoun ἐμὲ with present indicative δέχεται; Peshitta adds the independent pronoun ܗܘ ('he') as copular subject before the active participle ܡܩܒܠ, creating a periphrastic construction with object pronoun ܠܝ ('me'); Vulgate uses simple me recipit. The Peshitta construction is a characteristic Syriac participial predicate requiring an explicit subject pronoun.

Greek repeats ὃς ἂν for the second indefinite relative clause; Peshitta uses ܘܡܢ ('and-who'), continuing the ܡܢ construction from the first clause; Vulgate employs quicumque, a different compound indefinite from the first clause's Quisquis. All express 'and whoever' with stylistic variation appropriate to each language.

Greek uses simple negation οὐκ ἐμὲ δέχεται; Peshitta employs ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܝ ܡܩܒܠ, a periphrastic construction with the verb 'to be' (ܗܘܐ) plus participle, creating emphasis through the copular structure; Vulgate uses non me suscipit. The Peshitta's addition of the copula is a grammatical requirement of its participial predicate construction, not a semantic expansion.

Greek uses article τὸν with aorist active participle ἀποστείλαντά plus pronoun με ('the one having sent me'); Vulgate expands with relative clause eum qui misit me ('him who sent me'); Peshitta uses ܠܡܢ ܕܫܕܪܢܝ ('to-the-one who-sent-me'), a relative construction with pronominal suffix on the verb. All three express the same referent (God the sender) through language-specific participial or relative clause strategies.

Vulgate inserts a colon after recipit, creating a stronger pause between the two parallel clauses. This punctuation choice reflects Latin rhetorical style and has no equivalent in the Greek or Peshitta manuscripts, which maintain continuous syntax.