16 I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 25:16. 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.
Πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος Ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον εἰς ἀπώλειαν, πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους, τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος.
Πρὸς
οὓς
ἀπεκρίθην
ὅτι
οὐκ
ἔστιν
ἔθος
Ῥωμαίοις
χαρίζεσθαί
- Lemma
- carizesqai
- Transliteration
- carizesqai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent infinitive
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G5483
- Occurrences
- 1
τινα
ἄνθρωπον
εἰς
ἀπώλειαν
πρὶν
ἢ
ὁ
κατηγορούμενος
- Lemma
- kathgoroumenov
- Transliteration
- kathgoroumenov
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present passive participle nominative singular masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G2723
- Occurrences
- 1
κατὰ
πρόσωπον
ἔχοι
τοὺς
κατηγόρους
- Lemma
- kathgorouv
- Transliteration
- kathgorouv
- Morphology
- Greek: noun accusative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G2725
- Occurrences
- 2
τόπον
τε
ἀπολογίας
λάβοι
περὶ
τοῦ
ἐγκλήματος
- Lemma
- egklhmatov
- Transliteration
- egklhmatov
- Morphology
- Greek: noun genitive singular neuter
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G1462
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος Ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος.
πρὸς
ἀπεκρίθην
- Lemma
- ἀποκρίνομαι
- Morphology
- V-ADI-1S
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G0611
- Occurrences
- 233
ἔστιν
ὁ
τοὺς
τοῦ
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.
ܘܐܡܪܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܕܠܝܬ ܥܝܕܐ ܠܪܗܘܡܝܐ ܕܢܬܠܘܢ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܡܘܗܒܬ ܠܩܛܠܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܢܐܬܐ ܒܥܠ ܕܝܢܗ ܘܢܟܣܝܘܗܝ ܒܐܦܘܗܝ ܘܢܬܝܗܒ ܠܗ ܐܬܪܐ ܠܡܦܩ ܒܪܘܚܐ ܥܠ ܡܐ ܕܡܬܪܫܐ
ܘܐܡܪܬ
- 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
- ܘܐܡܪܬ
- Transliteration
- w'mrt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 16
ܠܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
ܕܠܝܬ
- 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
- ܕܠܝܬ
- Transliteration
- dlyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 52
ܥܝܕܐ
- 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
- ܥܝܕܐ
- Transliteration
- 'yd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 9
ܠܪܗܘܡܝܐ
- 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
- ܠܪܗܘܡܝܐ
- Transliteration
- lrhwmy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܕܢܬܠܘܢ
- 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
- ܕܢܬܠܘܢ
- Transliteration
- dntlwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 7
ܒܪܢܫܐ
- 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
- ܒܪܢܫܐ
- Transliteration
- brnsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 61
ܡܘܗܒܬ
- 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
- ܡܘܗܒܬ
- Transliteration
- mwhbt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 2
ܠܩܛܠܐ
- 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
- ܠܩܛܠܐ
- Transliteration
- lqtl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܥܕܡܐ
- 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
- ܥܕܡܐ
- Transliteration
- 'dm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 196
ܕܢܐܬܐ
- 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
- ܕܢܐܬܐ
- Transliteration
- dn't'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 29
ܒܥܠ
- 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
- ܒܥܠ
- Transliteration
- b'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܕܝܢܗ
- 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
- ܕܝܢܗ
- Transliteration
- dynh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 9
ܘܢܟܣܝܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܘܢܟܣܝܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- wnksywhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܒܐܦܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܒܐܦܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- b'pwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܘܢܬܝܗܒ
- 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
- ܘܢܬܝܗܒ
- Transliteration
- wntyhb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
ܠܗ
- 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
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1592
ܐܬܪܐ
- 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
- ܐܬܪܐ
- Transliteration
- 'tr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 39
ܠܡܦܩ
- 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
- ܠܡܦܩ
- Transliteration
- lmpq
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܒܪܘܚܐ
- 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
- ܒܪܘܚܐ
- Transliteration
- brwh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 57
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
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
ܕܡܬܪܫܐ
- 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
- ܕܡܬܪܫܐ
- Transliteration
- dmtrsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 2
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Ad quos respondi: Quia non est Romanis consuetudo damnare aliquem hominem priusquam is qui accusatur præsentes habeat accusatores, locumque defendendi accipiat ad abluenda crimina.
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
quos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
respondi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- respondeo
- Transliteration
- respondi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 851
quia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quia
- Transliteration
- quia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2543
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
consuetudo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- consuetudo
- Transliteration
- consuetudo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 32
Romanis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Romanus
- Transliteration
- Romanis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 19
donare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dono
- Transliteration
- donare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 44
aliquem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aliquis
- Transliteration
- aliquem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 198
hominem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- homo
- Transliteration
- hominem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1653
priusquam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- priusquam
- Transliteration
- priusquam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 40
is
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- is
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
accusatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accuso
- Transliteration
- accusatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 39
praesentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praesens
- Transliteration
- praesentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 96
habeat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- habeo
- Transliteration
- habeat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1641
accusatores
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accusator
- Transliteration
- accusatores
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 7
locumque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- locus
- Transliteration
- locumque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 773
{locumque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {locumque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
defendendi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- defendo
- Transliteration
- defendendi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 17
accipiat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- accipio
- Transliteration
- accipiat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 632
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
abluenda
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- abluo
- Transliteration
- abluenda
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 5
crimina
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- crimen
- Transliteration
- crimina
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 14
Ranked cross references
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John 7:51
“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
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When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”
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He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
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He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
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and you are told, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,
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