Mark 9 : 43

Greek καὶ and Latin Et open the verse with a coordinating conjunction; Peshitta omits this, beginning directly with the conditional particle ܐܢ, a common Syriac stylistic preference in protasis constructions.

Peshitta inserts the contrastive particle ܕܝܢ ('but', 'now') after the conditional ܐܢ, a typical Syriac discourse marker absent from both Greek and Latin witnesses.

Greek uses imperative + accusative pronoun (ἀπόκοψον αὐτήν); Latin mirrors this (abscide illam) and adds a colon for punctuation; Syriac employs imperative with pronominal suffix (ܦܣܘܩܝܗ, 'cut-it-off'), collapsing verb and object into a single morphological unit.

Greek uses predicate adjective + copula (καλόν ἐστίν); Latin employs the same structure (bonum est); Syriac uses adjective + enclitic copula pronoun (ܦܩܚ ܗܘ), a standard Syriac nominal sentence construction semantically equivalent to Greek and Latin.

Greek and Syriac use accusative/prepositional object σε / ܠܟ ('you'); Latin employs dative tibi, reflecting Latin's preference for dative of advantage in impersonal constructions with bonum est.

Greek κυλλὸν ('maimed', 'crippled') and Syriac ܦܫܝܓܐ ('maimed', 'cut-off') are semantic equivalents; Latin debilem ('weak', 'disabled') represents a broader lexical choice, less specific to amputation but contextually appropriate.

Greek uses article + numeral + noun + participle (τὰς δύο χεῖρας ἔχοντα); Latin employs numeral + noun + participle without article (duas manus habentem); Syriac expands with temporal particle + existential verb + dative + numeral + noun (ܟܕ ܐܝܬ ܠܟ ܬܪܬܝܢ ܐܝܕܝܢ, 'while there-are to-you two hands'), a periphrastic construction semantically equivalent but syntactically distinct.

Greek and Latin attest the appositive phrase εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον / in ignem inextinguibilem ('into the unquenchable fire') as an expansion of γέενναν / gehennam. Peshitta omits this entire clause, ending at ܠܓܗܢܐ ('to Gehenna'), likely reflecting a shorter textual tradition or deliberate abbreviation to avoid redundancy.