23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 14:23. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς πρεσβυτέρους κατ᾿ ἐκκλησίαν, προσευξάμενοι μετὰ νηστειῶν, παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰς ὃν πεπιστεύκεισαν.
Χειροτονήσαντες
- Lemma
- ceirotonhsantev
- Transliteration
- ceirotonhsantev
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G5500
- Occurrences
- 1
δὲ
αὐτοῖς
πρεσβυτέρους
- Lemma
- presbuterouv
- Transliteration
- presbuterouv
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective accusative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 12
κατ᾿
ἐκκλησίαν
προσευξάμενοι
- Lemma
- proseuxamenoi
- Transliteration
- proseuxamenoi
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist middle deponent participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4336
- Occurrences
- 4
μετὰ
νηστειῶν
παρέθεντο
αὐτοὺς
τῷ
Κυρίῳ
εἰς
ὃν
πεπιστεύκεισαν
- Lemma
- pepisteukeisan
- Transliteration
- pepisteukeisan
- Morphology
- Greek: verb pluperfect active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4100
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς κατ’ ἐκκλησίαν πρεσβυτέρους προσευξάμενοι μετὰ νηστειῶν παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ κυρίῳ εἰς ὃν πεπιστεύκεισαν.
χειροτονήσαντες
- Lemma
- χειροτονέω
- Morphology
- V-AAP-NPM
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G5500
- Occurrences
- 2
πρεσβυτέρους
- Lemma
- πρεσβύτερος
- Morphology
- A-APM-C
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 66
προσευξάμενοι
- Lemma
- προσεύχομαι
- Morphology
- V-ADP-NPM
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G4336
- Occurrences
- 85
παρέθεντο
- Lemma
- παρατίθημι
- Morphology
- V-2AMI-3P
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G3908
- Occurrences
- 19
τῷ
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܐܩܝܡܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܟܠ ܥܕܬܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܟܕ ܨܝܡܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܘܡܨܠܝܢ ܘܡܓܥܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܠܡܪܢ ܗܘ ܕܗܝܡܢܘ ܒܗ
ܘܐܩܝܡܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܩܝܡܘ
- Transliteration
- w'qymw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
ܒܟܠ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܟܠ
- Transliteration
- bkl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 70
ܥܕܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܕܬܐ
- Transliteration
- 'dt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 43
ܩܫܝܫܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܫܝܫܐ
- Transliteration
- qshysh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 34
ܟܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 730
ܨܝܡܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܨܝܡܝܢ
- Transliteration
- symyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 10
ܗܘܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܘ
- Transliteration
- hww
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 815
ܥܡܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܡܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'mhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 100
ܘܡܨܠܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܨܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- wmslyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
ܘܡܓܥܠܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܓܥܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- wmg'lyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܗܘܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܘ
- Transliteration
- hww
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 815
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
ܠܡܪܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܡܪܢ
- Transliteration
- lmrn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 27
ܗܘ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܘ
- Transliteration
- hu
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, it, is
- Occurrences
- 1648
ܕܗܝܡܢܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܗܝܡܢܘ
- Transliteration
- dhymnw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 10
ܒܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܗ
- Transliteration
- bh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 343
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Transeuntesque Pisidiam, venerunt in Pamphyliam,
transeuntesque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- transeo
- Transliteration
- transeuntesque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 403
{transeuntesque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {transeuntesque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
Pisidiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pisidia
- Transliteration
- Pisidiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2
venerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- venerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
Pamphiliam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pamphylia
- Transliteration
- Pamphiliam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 6
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Titus 1:5
I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
10 relevance votesActs 11:30
Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
7 relevance votesJames 5:14
Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
7 relevance votesActs 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
6 relevance votes2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
6 relevance votes1 Timothy 5:1
Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:
5 relevance votesActs 20:17
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.
5 relevance votes1 Timothy 5:22
Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.
5 relevance votes2 John 1:1
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
4 relevance votesActs 15:4
And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
4 relevance votes3 John 1:1
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.
4 relevance votesActs 15:6
And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
4 relevance votes