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Chapter 2
Verse 1
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Luke 2

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1 Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Luke 2:1. 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 58
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.

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ἐξῆλθε δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου, ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην.

15 word entries
Ἐγένετο
Lemma
egeneto
Transliteration
egeneto
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist middle deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
204
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
ταῖς
Lemma
taiv
Transliteration
taiv
Morphology
Greek: article dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
206
ἡμέραις
Lemma
hmeraiv
Transliteration
hmeraiv
Morphology
Greek: noun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2250
Occurrences
50
ἐκείναις
Transliteration
ekeinaiv
Morphology
Greek: demonstrative pronoun dative plural feminine
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Strong's
G1565
Occurrences
16
ἐξῆλθε
Lemma
exhlqen
Transliteration
exhlqen
Morphology
Greek: verb second aorist active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1831
Occurrences
66
δόγμα
Lemma
dogma
Transliteration
dogma
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G1378
Occurrences
1
παρὰ
Lemma
para
Transliteration
para
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G3844
Occurrences
139
Καίσαρος
Transliteration
kaisarov
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2541
Occurrences
13
Αὐγούστου
Transliteration
augoustou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G828
Occurrences
1
ἀπογράφεσθαι
Transliteration
apografesqai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G583
Occurrences
2
πᾶσαν
Lemma
pasan
Transliteration
pasan
Morphology
Greek: adjective accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
58
τὴν
Lemma
thn
Transliteration
thn
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1565
οἰκουμένην
Transliteration
oikoumenhn
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3625
Occurrences
8
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.

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην.

15 word entries
Ἐγένετο
Morphology
V-2ADI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1096
Occurrences
667
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
ταῖς
Lemma
Morphology
T-DPF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ἡμέραις
Morphology
N-DPF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2250
Occurrences
388
ἐκείναις
Morphology
D-DPF
Part of Speech
D
Strong's
G1565
Occurrences
240
ἐξῆλθεν
Morphology
V-2AAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1831
Occurrences
219
δόγμα
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G1378
Occurrences
5
παρὰ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G3844
Occurrences
191
Καίσαρος
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2541
Occurrences
29
Αὐγούστου
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0828
Occurrences
1
ἀπογράφεσθαι
Morphology
V-PEN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0583
Occurrences
4
πᾶσαν
Lemma
πᾶς
Morphology
A-ASF
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
1224
τὴν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
οἰκουμένην.
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3625
Occurrences
15
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.

ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܒܝܘܡܬܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܘܢܦܩ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܡܢ ܐܓܘܣܛܘܣ ܩܣܪ ܕܢܬܟܬܒ ܟܠܗ ܥܡܐ ܕܐܘܚܕܢܗ

13 word entries
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1535
ܕܝܢ
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
ܕܝܢ
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1830
ܒܝܘܡܬܐ
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
bywmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
15
ܗܢܘܢ
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
hnwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
314
ܘܢܦܩ
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
wnpq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
52
ܦܘܩܕܢܐ
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
pwqdn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
49
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
ܐܓܘܣܛܘܣ
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
'gwstws
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܩܣܪ
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
ܩܣܪ
Transliteration
qsr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
12
ܕܢܬܟܬܒ
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
dntktb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܟܠܗ
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
ܟܠܗ
Transliteration
klh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
171
ܥܡܐ
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
ܥܡܐ
Transliteration
amma
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
people, nation
Occurrences
96
ܕܐܘܚܕܢܗ
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
d'whdnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
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.

Factum est autem in diebus illis, exiit edictum a Cæsare Augusto ut describeretur universus orbis.

15 word entries
factum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
factum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
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
diebus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dies
Transliteration
diebus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2559
illis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
exiit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exeo
Transliteration
exiit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
321
edictum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
edictum
Transliteration
edictum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
12
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
Caesare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Caesar
Transliteration
Caesare
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
29
Augusto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Augusto
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
3
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
describeretur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
describeretur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
22
universus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
universus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
889
orbis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
orbis
Transliteration
orbis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
75

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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

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But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.”

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Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

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All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar’s household.

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He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

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For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

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One of them named Agabus stood up and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.

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