23 And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 21:23. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Καὶ ἐλθόντι αὐτῷ εἰς τὸ ἱερόν, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ διδάσκοντι οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ, λέγοντες, Ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς; Καὶ τίς σοι ἔδωκε τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην;
Καὶ
ἐλθόντι
αὐτῷ
εἰς
τὸ
ἱερόν
προσῆλθον
αὐτῷ
διδάσκοντι
- Lemma
- didaskonti
- Transliteration
- didaskonti
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active participle dative singular masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1321
- Occurrences
- 1
οἱ
ἀρχιερεῖς
καὶ
οἱ
πρεσβύτεροι
- Lemma
- presbuteroi
- Transliteration
- presbuteroi
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 22
τοῦ
λαοῦ
λέγοντες
Ἐν
ποίᾳ
ἐξουσίᾳ
ταῦτα
ποιεῖς
Καὶ
τίς
σοι
ἔδωκε
τὴν
ἐξουσίαν
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Καὶ ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσῆλθον αὐτῷ διδάσκοντι οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ λαοῦ λέγοντες· ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς; καὶ τίς σοι ἔδωκεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην;
Καὶ
τὸ
προσῆλθον
- Lemma
- προσέρχομαι
- Morphology
- V-2AAI-3P
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G4334
- Occurrences
- 87
οἱ
καὶ
οἱ
πρεσβύτεροι
- Lemma
- πρεσβύτερος
- Morphology
- A-NPM-C
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 66
τοῦ
ἐν
ποιεῖς;
καὶ
τὴν
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.
ܘܟܕ ܐܬܐ ܝܫܘܥ ܠܗܝܟܠܐ ܩܪܒܘ ܠܗ ܪܒܝ ܟܗܢܐ ܘܩܫܝܫܐ ܕܥܡܐ ܟܕ ܡܠܦ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܠܗ ܒܐܝܢܐ ܫܘܠܛܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܥܒܕ ܐܢܬ ܘܡܢܘ ܝܗܒ ܠܟ ܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܗܢܐ
ܘܟܕ
- 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
- ܘܟܕ
- Transliteration
- wkd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 429
ܐܬܐ
- 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
- ܐܬܐ
- Transliteration
- etha
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- came
- Occurrences
- 243
ܝܫܘܥ
- 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
- ܝܫܘܥ
- Transliteration
- yshw'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 848
ܠܗܝܟܠܐ
- 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
- ܠܗܝܟܠܐ
- Transliteration
- lhykl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 21
ܩܪܒܘ
- 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
- ܩܪܒܘ
- Transliteration
- qrbw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 28
ܠܗ
- 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
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1592
ܪܒܝ
- 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
- ܪܒܝ
- Transliteration
- rby
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 72
ܟܗܢܐ
- 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
- ܟܗܢܐ
- Transliteration
- khn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 109
ܘܩܫܝܫܐ
- 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
- ܘܩܫܝܫܐ
- Transliteration
- wqshysh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 25
ܕܥܡܐ
- 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
- ܕܥܡܐ
- Transliteration
- d'm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 23
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
ܡܠܦ
- 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
- ܡܠܦ
- Transliteration
- mlp
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 32
ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- w'mryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 196
ܠܗ
- 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
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1592
ܒܐܝܢܐ
- 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
- ܒܐܝܢܐ
- Transliteration
- b'yn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 16
ܫܘܠܛܢ
- 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
- ܫܘܠܛܢ
- Transliteration
- shwltn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܗܠܝܢ
- 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
- ܗܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hlyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 451
ܥܒܕ
- 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
- ܥܒܕ
- Transliteration
- abad
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- made, did, served
- Occurrences
- 146
ܐܢܬ
- 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
- ܐܢܬ
- Transliteration
- ant
- Morphology
- personal pronoun, second singular
- Gloss
- you
- Occurrences
- 491
ܘܡܢܘ
- 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
- ܘܡܢܘ
- Transliteration
- wmnw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 16
ܝܗܒ
- 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
- ܝܗܒ
- Transliteration
- yahab
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- gave
- Occurrences
- 77
ܠܟ
- 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
- ܠܟ
- Transliteration
- lk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 269
ܫܘܠܛܢܐ
- 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
- ܫܘܠܛܢܐ
- Transliteration
- shwltn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 49
ܗܢܐ
- 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
- ܗܢܐ
- Transliteration
- hn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 482
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Et cum venisset in templum, accesserunt ad eum docentem principes sacerdotum, et seniores populi, dicentes: In qua potestate hæc facis? et quis tibi dedit hanc potestatem?
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
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 5272
venisset
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- venisset
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
templum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- templum
- Transliteration
- templum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 406
accesserunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accedo
- Transliteration
- accesserunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 225
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
eum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
docentem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- doceo
- Transliteration
- docentem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 226
principes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- princeps
- Transliteration
- principes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 830
sacerdotum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sacerdos
- Transliteration
- sacerdotum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 777
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
seniores
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- senex
- Transliteration
- seniores
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 231
populi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- populus
- Transliteration
- populi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2030
dicentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
qua
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- qua
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
potestate
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- potestas
- Transliteration
- potestate
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 201
haec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- hic
- Transliteration
- haec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4646
facis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- facio
- Transliteration
- facis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 4719
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
quis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- quis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
tibi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tu
- Transliteration
- tibi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4602
dedit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- do
- Transliteration
- dedit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2116
hanc
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- hic
- Transliteration
- hanc
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4646
potestatem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- potestas
- Transliteration
- potestatem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 201
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