5 So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question – “How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?”
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Mark 7:5. 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.
Ἔπειτα ἐπερωτῶσιν αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς, Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου οὐ περιπατοῦσι κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀλλὰ ἀνίπτοις χερσὶν ἐσθίουσι τὸν ἄρτον;
Ἔπειτα
ἐπερωτῶσιν
- Lemma
- eperwtwsin
- Transliteration
- eperwtwsin
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1905
- Occurrences
- 2
αὐτὸν
οἱ
Φαρισαῖοι
καὶ
οἱ
γραμματεῖς
- Lemma
- grammateiv
- Transliteration
- grammateiv
- Morphology
- Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G1122
- Occurrences
- 44
Διὰ
τί
οἱ
μαθηταί
σου
οὐ
περιπατοῦσι
- Lemma
- peripatousin
- Transliteration
- peripatousin
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G4043
- Occurrences
- 7
κατὰ
τὴν
παράδοσιν
τῶν
πρεσβυτέρων
- Lemma
- presbuterwn
- Transliteration
- presbuterwn
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective genitive plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 22
ἀλλὰ
ἀνίπτοις
χερσὶν
ἐσθίουσι
τὸν
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
καὶ ἐπερωτῶσιν αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς· διατί οὐ περιπατοῦσιν οἱ μαθηταί σου κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀλλὰ κοιναῖς χερσὶν ἐσθίουσιν τὸν ἄρτον;
καὶ
οἱ
καὶ
οἱ
γραμματεῖς·
- Lemma
- γραμματεύς
- Morphology
- N-NPM
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G1122
- Occurrences
- 63
οἱ
τὴν
τῶν
πρεσβυτέρων,
- Lemma
- πρεσβύτερος
- Morphology
- A-GPM-C
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 66
τὸν
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.
ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ ܣܦܪܐ ܘܦܪܝܫܐ ܠܡܢܐ ܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ ܠܐ ܡܗܠܟܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܩܫܝܫܐ ܐܠܐ ܟܕ ܠܐ ܡܫܓܢ ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ ܐܟܠܝܢ ܠܚܡܐ
ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- wsh'lwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 13
ܣܦܪܐ
- 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
- ܣܦܪܐ
- Transliteration
- spr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 49
ܘܦܪܝܫܐ
- 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
- ܘܦܪܝܫܐ
- Transliteration
- wprysh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 31
ܠܡܢܐ
- 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
- ܠܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- lmn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 45
ܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ
- 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
- ܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ
- Transliteration
- tlmydyk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
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
ܡܗܠܟܝܢ
- 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
- ܡܗܠܟܝܢ
- Transliteration
- mhlkyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 22
ܐܝܟ
- 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
- ܐܝܟ
- Transliteration
- 'yk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 681
ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mshlmnwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 6
ܕܩܫܝܫܐ
- 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
- ܕܩܫܝܫܐ
- Transliteration
- dqshysh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܐܠܐ
- 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
- ܐܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'l'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 784
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
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
ܡܫܓܢ
- 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
- ܡܫܓܢ
- Transliteration
- mshgn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'ydyhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 12
ܐܟܠܝܢ
- 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
- ܐܟܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'klyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 14
ܠܚܡܐ
- 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
- ܠܚܡܐ
- Transliteration
- lhm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 65
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
et interrogabant eum pharisæi et scribæ: Quare discipuli tui non ambulant juxta traditionem seniorum, sed communibus manibus manducant panem?
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
interrogant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interrogo
- Transliteration
- interrogant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 200
eum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
Pharisaei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pharisaeus
- Transliteration
- Pharisaei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 99
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
scribae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- scriba
- Transliteration
- scribae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 121
quare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quare
- Transliteration
- quare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 224
discipuli
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- discipulus
- Transliteration
- discipuli
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 261
tui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tuus
- Transliteration
- tui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5615
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
ambulant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ambulo
- Transliteration
- ambulant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 412
iuxta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iuxta
- Transliteration
- iuxta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 593
traditionem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- traditio
- Transliteration
- traditionem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 14
seniorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- senex
- Transliteration
- seniorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 231
sed
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sed
- Transliteration
- sed
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1637
communibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- communis
- Transliteration
- communibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 32
manibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manus
- Transliteration
- manibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1822
manducant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manduco
- Transliteration
- manducant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 177
panem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- panis
- Transliteration
- panem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 393
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.
Acts 21:21
Now they have heard it said about you, that you teach all of our people in foreign countries to forsake Moses, for you tell them not to circumcise their children or even to observe Jewish customs.
4 relevance votes2 Thessalonians 3:6
We beg you, friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any follower who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.
4 relevance votesMatthew 15:2
“How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food.”
3 relevance votesGalatians 1:14
and how, in my devotion to Judaism, I surpassed many of my contemporaries among my own people in my intense earnestness in upholding the traditions of my ancestors.
3 relevance votesActs 21:24
Join these men, share their purification, and bear their expenses, so that they may shave their heads; and then all will see that there is no truth in what they have been told about you, but that, on the contrary, you yourself rule your life in obedience to the Jewish Law.
3 relevance votesRomans 4:12
as well as father of the circumcised – to those who are not only circumcised, but who also follow our father Abraham in that faith which he had while still uncircumcised.
2 relevance votes2 Thessalonians 3:11
We hear that there are among you people who are living ill-ordered lives, and who, instead of attending to their own business, are mere busybodies.
0 relevance votes