37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to John 5:37. 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.
Καὶ ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ, αὐτὸς μεμαρτύρηκε περὶ ἐμοῦ. Οὔτε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκηκόατε πώποτε, οὔτε εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἑωράκατε.
Καὶ
ὁ
πέμψας
με
πατήρ
αὐτὸς
μεμαρτύρηκε
- Lemma
- memarturhken
- Transliteration
- memarturhken
- Morphology
- Greek: verb perfect active indicative singular
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3140
- Occurrences
- 5
περὶ
ἐμοῦ
Οὔτε
φωνὴν
αὐτοῦ
ἀκηκόατε
πώποτε
οὔτε
εἶδος
αὐτοῦ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
καὶ ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ, ἐκεῖνος μεμαρτύρηκεν περὶ ἐμοῦ. οὔτε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ πώποτε ἀκηκόατε, οὔτε εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἑωράκατε,
καὶ
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.
ܘܐܒܐ ܕܫܠܚܢܝ ܗܘ ܣܗܕ ܥܠܝ ܠܐ ܩܠܗ ܡܡܬܘܡ ܫܡܥܬܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܚܙܘܗ ܚܙܝܬܘܢ
ܘܐܒܐ
- 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
- ܘܐܒܐ
- Transliteration
- w'b'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܕܫܠܚܢܝ
- 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
- ܕܫܠܚܢܝ
- Transliteration
- dshlhny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
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
ܣܗܕ
- 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
- ܣܗܕ
- Transliteration
- shd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 12
ܥܠܝ
- 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
- ܥܠܝ
- Transliteration
- 'ly
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 56
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
ܩܠܗ
- 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
- ܩܠܗ
- Transliteration
- qlh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 14
ܡܡܬܘܡ
- 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
- ܡܡܬܘܡ
- Transliteration
- mmtwm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 16
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
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
ܚܙܘܗ
- 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
- ܚܙܘܗ
- Transliteration
- hzwh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܚܙܝܬܘܢ
- 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
- ܚܙܝܬܘܢ
- Transliteration
- hzytwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 4
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
et qui misit me Pater, ipse testimonium perhibuit de me: neque vocem ejus umquam audistis, neque speciem ejus vidistis:
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
misit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mitto
- Transliteration
- misit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1165
me
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ego
- Transliteration
- me
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 6108
Pater
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pater
- Transliteration
- Pater
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1575
ipse
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ipse
- Transliteration
- ipse
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 2134
testimonium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- testimonium
- Transliteration
- testimonium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 298
perhibuit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- perhibeo
- Transliteration
- perhibuit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 44
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
me
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ego
- Transliteration
- me
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 6108
neque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- neque
- Transliteration
- neque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 930
vocem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uox
- Transliteration
- vocem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 583
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
umquam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- umquam
- Transliteration
- umquam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 18
audistis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audio
- Transliteration
- audistis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1534
neque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- neque
- Transliteration
- neque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 930
speciem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- species
- Transliteration
- speciem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 69
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
vidistis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- vidistis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
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.
John 8:18
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
8 relevance votesJohn 1:18
No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.
6 relevance votesMatthew 3:17
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
6 relevance votes1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
5 relevance votes1 John 4:20
If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
4 relevance votes1 Timothy 6:16
He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
4 relevance votes1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
4 relevance votesExodus 20:19
They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”
3 relevance votesJohn 14:9
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
3 relevance votesJohn 6:27
Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
3 relevance votesMatthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
3 relevance votesDeuteronomy 4:12
Yahweh spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.
3 relevance votes