21 “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:21. 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.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, Οὐ φονεύσεις· ὃς δ᾿ ἂν φονεύσῃ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει·
Ἠκούσατε
ὅτι
ἐρρέθη
τοῖς
ἀρχαίοις
Οὐ
φονεύσεις
ὃς
δ᾿
ἂν
φονεύσῃ
ἔνοχος
ἔσται
τῇ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, οὐ φονεύσεις· ὃς δ’ ἂν φονεύσῃ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει.
τοῖς
ἔσται
τῇ
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.
ܫܡܥܬܘܢ ܕܐܬܐܡܪ ܠܩܕܡܝܐ ܠܐ ܬܩܛܘܠ ܘܟܠ ܕܢܩܛܘܠ ܡܚܝܒ ܗܘ ܠܕܝܢܐ
ܫܡܥܬܘܢ
- 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
- ܫܡܥܬܘܢ
- Transliteration
- shm'twn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 16
ܕܐܬܐܡܪ
- 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
- ܕܐܬܐܡܪ
- Transliteration
- d't'mr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 22
ܠܩܕܡܝܐ
- 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
- ܠܩܕܡܝܐ
- Transliteration
- lqdmy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 4
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
ܬܩܛܘܠ
- 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
- ܬܩܛܘܠ
- Transliteration
- tqtwl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 6
ܘܟܠ
- 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
- ܘܟܠ
- Transliteration
- wkl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 81
ܕܢܩܛܘܠ
- 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
- ܕܢܩܛܘܠ
- Transliteration
- dnqtwl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܡܚܝܒ
- 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
- ܡܚܝܒ
- Transliteration
- mhyb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 13
ܗܘ
- 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
- ܗܘ
- Transliteration
- hu
- Morphology
- pronoun/copula, masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, it, is
- Occurrences
- 1648
ܠܕܝܢܐ
- 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
- ܠܕܝܢܐ
- Transliteration
- ldyn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 12
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Audistis quia dictum est antiquis: Non occides: qui autem occiderit, reus erit judicio.
audistis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audio
- Transliteration
- audistis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1534
quia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quia
- Transliteration
- quia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2543
dictum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dictum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
antiquis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- antiquus
- Transliteration
- antiquis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 46
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
occides
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- occido
- Transliteration
- occides
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 370
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
occiderit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- occido
- Transliteration
- occiderit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 370
reus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- reus
- Transliteration
- reus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 33
erit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
iudicio
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iudicium
- Transliteration
- iudicio
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 529
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.
Deuteronomy 5:17
“You shall not murder.
25 relevance votesExodus 20:13
“You shall not murder.
19 relevance votesNumbers 35:12
The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
6 relevance votesMatthew 5:38
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
5 relevance votesMatthew 5:33
“Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’
5 relevance votesMatthew 5:43
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
4 relevance votesMatthew 5:27
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’
4 relevance votesDeuteronomy 16:18
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
3 relevance votes2 Samuel 20:18
Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.
2 relevance votes