Acts
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Acts 4

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20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 4:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 38
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς, ἃ εἴδομεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν, μὴ λαλεῖν.

10 word entries
Οὐ
Lemma
ou
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
844
δυνάμεθα
Transliteration
dunameqa
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
9
γὰρ
Lemma
gar
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1068
ἡμεῖς
Lemma
hmeiv
Transliteration
hmeiv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
126
Lemma
a
Transliteration
a
Morphology
Greek: relative pronoun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
115
εἴδομεν
Lemma
eidomen
Transliteration
eidomen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
10
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ἠκούσαμεν
Transliteration
hkousamen
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G191
Occurrences
10
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
λαλεῖν
Lemma
lalein
Transliteration
lalein
Morphology
Greek: verb present active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2980
Occurrences
20
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἃ εἴδαμεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν μὴ λαλεῖν.

10 word entries
οὐ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
δυνάμεθα
Morphology
V-PNI-1P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
γὰρ
Lemma
γάρ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1063
Occurrences
1036
ἡμεῖς
Morphology
P-1NP
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G2249
Occurrences
862
Lemma
ὅς
Morphology
R-APN
Part of Speech
R
Strong's
G3739
Occurrences
1406
εἴδαμεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-1P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3708
Occurrences
683
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ἠκούσαμεν
Morphology
V-AAI-1P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0191
Occurrences
427
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
λαλεῖν.
Morphology
V-PAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2980
Occurrences
298
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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.

ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܚܢܢ ܕܡܐ ܕܚܙܝܢ ܘܫܡܥܢ ܕܠܐ ܢܡܠܠܝܘܗܝ

9 word entries
ܠܐ
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
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܓܝܪ
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
ܓܝܪ
Transliteration
gyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1085
ܡܫܟܚܝܢ
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.
Transliteration
mshkhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
55
ܚܢܢ
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
ܚܢܢ
Transliteration
hnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
184
ܕܡܐ
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
ܕܡܐ
Transliteration
dm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
64
ܕܚܙܝܢ
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.
Transliteration
dhzyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
24
ܘܫܡܥܢ
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.
Transliteration
wshm'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
720
ܢܡܠܠܝܘܗܝ
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.
Transliteration
nmllywhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Non enim possumus quæ vidimus et audivimus non loqui.

9 word entries
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
possumus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
possumus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
vidimus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
vidimus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
audivimus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audivimus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
loqui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loqui
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543

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.

Jeremiah 20:9

And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.

18 relevance votes

Acts 22:15

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

17 relevance votes

Acts 5:32

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

6 relevance votes

Ezekiel 3:11

And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.

6 relevance votes

Acts 1:8

But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

4 relevance votes

Numbers 22:38

Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.

3 relevance votes

Acts 3:15

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

3 relevance votes

Luke 1:2

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

3 relevance votes

Acts 2:32

This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

3 relevance votes

2 Samuel 23:2

The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.

3 relevance votes

Jeremiah 1:7

But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.

3 relevance votes

Micah 3:8

But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.

3 relevance votes
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