2 “How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food.”
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Matthew 15
Open English Bible, US Edition, Verse 2
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 15:2. 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.
Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσι τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων; Οὐ γὰρ νίπτονται τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, ὅταν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν.
Διὰ
τί
οἱ
μαθηταί
σου
παραβαίνουσι
- Lemma
- parabainousin
- Transliteration
- parabainousin
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present active indicative plural
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3845
- Occurrences
- 1
τὴν
παράδοσιν
τῶν
πρεσβυτέρων
- Lemma
- presbuterwn
- Transliteration
- presbuterwn
- Morphology
- Greek: adjective genitive plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 22
Οὐ
γὰρ
νίπτονται
τὰς
χεῖρας
αὐτῶν
ὅταν
ἄρτον
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
διατί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων; οὐ γὰρ νίπτονται τὰς χεῖρας ὅταν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν.
οἱ
τὴν
τῶν
πρεσβυτέρων;
- Lemma
- πρεσβύτερος
- Morphology
- A-GPM-C
- Part of Speech
- A
- Strong's
- G4245
- Occurrences
- 66
τὰς
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.
ܠܡܢܐ ܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ ܥܒܪܝܢ ܥܠ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܩܫܝܫܐ ܘܠܐ ܡܫܝܓܝܢ ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ ܡܐ ܕܐܟܠܝܢ ܠܚܡܐ
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
ܥܒܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܥܒܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'bryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 5
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 909
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
ܘܠܐ
- 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
- ܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 732
ܡܫܝܓܝܢ
- 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
- ܡܫܝܓܝܢ
- Transliteration
- mshygyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- 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
ܡܐ
- 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
- ܡܐ
- Transliteration
- m'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 184
ܕܐܟܠܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܐܟܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- d'klyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 10
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.
Quare discipuli tui transgrediuntur traditionem seniorum? non enim lavant manus suas cum panem manducant.
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
transgrediuntur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- transgredior
- Transliteration
- transgrediuntur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 37
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
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
lavant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lauo
- Transliteration
- lavant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 135
manus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manus
- Transliteration
- manus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1822
suas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5272
panem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- panis
- Transliteration
- panem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 393
manducant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manduco
- Transliteration
- manducant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 177
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Luke 11:38
The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
7 relevance votesMark 7:2
They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands ‘defiled,’ by which they meant unwashed.
7 relevance votesColossians 2:8
Take care that there is not someone who will carry you away by his ‘philosophy’ – a hollow sham! – following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.
4 relevance votesMark 7:5
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?”
3 relevance votes1 Peter 1:18
For you know that it was not by perishable things, such as silver and gold, that you were ransomed from the aimless way of living which was handed down to you from your ancestors,
2 relevance votesGenesis 1:14
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the night from the day. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, the days, and the years.
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