16 So the last will be first, and the first last.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 20:16. 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.
Οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι, καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι· πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσι κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί.
Οὕτως
ἔσονται
οἱ
ἔσχατοι
πρῶτοι
καὶ
οἱ
πρῶτοι
ἔσχατοι
πολλοὶ
γάρ
εἰσι
κλητοί
ὀλίγοι
δὲ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι.
ἔσονται
οἱ
καὶ
οἱ
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.
ܗܟܢܐ ܢܗܘܘܢ ܐܚܪܝܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܘܩܕܡܝܐ ܐܚܪܝܐ ܣܓܝܐܝܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܩܪܝܐ ܘܙܥܘܪܝܢ ܓܒܝܐ
ܗܟܢܐ
- 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
- ܗܟܢܐ
- Transliteration
- hkn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 220
ܢܗܘܘܢ
- 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
- ܢܗܘܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nhwwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 60
ܐܚܪܝܐ
- 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
- ܐܚܪܝܐ
- Transliteration
- 'hry'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 31
ܩܕܡܝܐ
- 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
- ܩܕܡܝܐ
- Transliteration
- qdmy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 62
ܘܩܕܡܝܐ
- 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
- ܘܩܕܡܝܐ
- Transliteration
- wqdmy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܐܚܪܝܐ
- 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
- ܐܚܪܝܐ
- Transliteration
- 'hry'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 31
ܣܓܝܐܝܢ
- 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
- ܣܓܝܐܝܢ
- Transliteration
- sgy'yn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 8
ܐܢܘܢ
- 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
- ܐܢܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'nwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 462
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
ܩܪܝܐ
- 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
- ܩܪܝܐ
- Transliteration
- qry'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 13
ܘܙܥܘܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܘܙܥܘܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- wz'wryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܓܒܝܐ
- 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
- ܓܒܝܐ
- Transliteration
- gby'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 11
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Sic erunt novissimi primi, et primi novissimi. Multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.
sic
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sic
- Transliteration
- sic
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 584
erunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
novissimi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nouus
- Transliteration
- novissimi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 312
primi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- primus
- Transliteration
- primi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 238
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
primi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- primus
- Transliteration
- primi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 238
novissimi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nouus
- Transliteration
- novissimi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 312
multi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- multus
- Transliteration
- multi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1032
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
vocati
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uoco
- Transliteration
- vocati
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 652
pauci
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- paucus
- Transliteration
- pauci
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 67
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
electi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- eligo
- Transliteration
- electi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 325
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.
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