20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Acts 17:20. 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.
Ξενίζοντα γάρ τινα εἰσφέρεις εἰς τὰς ἀκοὰς ἡμῶν· βουλόμεθα οὖν γνῶναι, τί ἂν θέλοι ταῦτα εἶναι —
Ξενίζοντα
γάρ
τινα
εἰσφέρεις
εἰς
τὰς
ἀκοὰς
ἡμῶν
βουλόμεθα
οὖν
γνῶναι
τί
ἂν
θέλοι
ταῦτα
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
ξενίζοντα γάρ τινα εἰσφέρεις εἰς τὰς ἀκοὰς ἡμῶν· βουλόμεθα οὖν γνῶναι τίνα θέλει ταῦτα εἶναι.
τὰς
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.
ܡܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ ܙܪܥ ܐܢܬ ܒܡܫܡܥܬܢ ܘܨܒܝܢܢ ܠܡܕܥ ܡܢܐ ܐܢܝܢ ܗܠܝܢ
ܡܠܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܐ
- Transliteration
- ml'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 72
ܓܝܪ
- 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
- ܓܝܪ
- Transliteration
- gyr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1085
ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ
- 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
- ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ
- Transliteration
- nwkryt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 3
ܙܪܥ
- 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
- ܙܪܥ
- Transliteration
- zr'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 9
ܐܢܬ
- 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
- ܐܢܬ
- Transliteration
- ant
- Morphology
- personal pronoun, second singular
- Gloss
- you
- Occurrences
- 491
ܒܡܫܡܥܬܢ
- 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
- ܒܡܫܡܥܬܢ
- Transliteration
- bmshm'tn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܘܨܒܝܢܢ
- 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
- ܘܨܒܝܢܢ
- Transliteration
- wsbynn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܠܡܕܥ
- 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
- ܠܡܕܥ
- Transliteration
- lmd'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 14
ܡܢܐ
- 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
- ܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 257
ܐܢܝܢ
- 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
- ܐܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'nyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 64
ܗܠܝܢ
- 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
- ܗܠܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hlyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 451
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
nova enim quædam infers auribus nostris: volumus ergo scire quidnam velint hæc esse.
nova
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nouus
- Transliteration
- nova
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 312
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
quaedam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quidam
- Transliteration
- quaedam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 306
infers
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- infero
- Transliteration
- infers
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 99
auribus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- auris
- Transliteration
- auribus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 212
nostris
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- noster
- Transliteration
- nostris
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1263
volumus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uolo
- Transliteration
- volumus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
ergo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ergo
- Transliteration
- ergo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1237
scire
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- scio
- Transliteration
- scire
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 693
quidnam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quisnam
- Transliteration
- quidnam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 22
velint
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uolo
- Transliteration
- velint
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
haec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- hic
- Transliteration
- haec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4646
esse
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- esse
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
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.
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned.
5 relevance votesHosea 8:12
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
5 relevance votes1 Corinthians 1:23
But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness;
5 relevance votes1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
4 relevance votes1 Peter 4:4
In which they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you :
4 relevance votesActs 2:12
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
2 relevance votesHebrews 5:11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
2 relevance votesJohn 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this , said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
2 relevance votesMark 9:10
And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
2 relevance votesActs 10:17
Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and were standing before the gate,
2 relevance votes