20 Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 16:20. 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.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Τότε διεστείλατο τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός.
Τότε
διεστείλατο
- Lemma
- diesteilato
- Transliteration
- diesteilato
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist middle indicative singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1291
- Occurrences
- 4
τοῖς
μαθηταῖς
αὐτοῦ
ἵνα
μηδενὶ
εἴπωσιν
ὅτι
αὐτός
ἐστιν
Ἰησοῦς
ὁ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
τότε διεστείλατο τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ εἴπωσιν ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός.
διεστείλατο
- Lemma
- διαστέλλομαι
- Morphology
- V-AMI-3S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1291
- Occurrences
- 8
τοῖς
ἐστιν
ὁ
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.
ܗܝܕܝܢ ܦܩܕ ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ ܕܠܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܢܐܡܪܘܢ ܕܗܘܝܘ ܡܫܝܚܐ
ܗܝܕܝܢ
- 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
- ܗܝܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hydyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 132
ܦܩܕ
- 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
- ܦܩܕ
- Transliteration
- pqd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 24
ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- ltlmydwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 43
ܕܠܐܢܫ
- 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
- ܕܠܐܢܫ
- Transliteration
- dl'nsh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 8
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
ܢܐܡܪܘܢ
- 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
- ܢܐܡܪܘܢ
- Transliteration
- n'mrwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 16
ܕܗܘܝܘ
- 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
- ܕܗܘܝܘ
- Transliteration
- dhwyw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 19
ܡܫܝܚܐ
- 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
- ܡܫܝܚܐ
- Transliteration
- mshyh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 404
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Tunc præcepit discipulis suis ut nemini dicerent quia ipse esset Jesus Christus.
tunc
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tunc
- Transliteration
- tunc
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 409
praecepit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praecipio
- Transliteration
- praecepit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
discipulis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- discipulus
- Transliteration
- discipulis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 261
suis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
ut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ut
- Transliteration
- ut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4533
nemini
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nemo
- Transliteration
- nemini
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 205
dicerent
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicerent
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
quia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quia
- Transliteration
- quia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2543
ipse
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ipse
- Transliteration
- ipse
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 2134
esset
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- esset
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
Iesus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iesus
- Transliteration
- Iesus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 970
Christus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Christus
- Transliteration
- Christus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 541
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.
Mark 8:30
He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
6 relevance votesLuke 9:21
But he warned them and commanded them to tell this to no one,
5 relevance votesMatthew 17:9
As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
4 relevance votesJohn 1:41
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ ).
4 relevance votesMatthew 8:4
Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
3 relevance votesLuke 9:36
When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
3 relevance votes1 John 2:22
Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
2 relevance votesJohn 1:45
Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
2 relevance votesMark 9:9
As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
2 relevance votesJohn 20:31
but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
2 relevance votesActs 2:36
“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
2 relevance votes1 John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
2 relevance votes