Acts 22:29:21Acts.22.29.W21TAB
αὐτὸν
auton
“him”
- Transliteration
- au-TON
- Extended
- ah-oo-TOHN
- IPA
- /auˈton/
Meaning by language
- English
- him
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
au-TON
- sentence
eu-THE-ōs oun a-PE-stē-san ap au-TOU hoi MEL-lon-tes au-TON a-ne-TA-dzein kai ho khi-LI-ar-khos de e-pho-BĒ-thē e-pi-GNOUS HO-ti Rhō-mai-OS es-TIN kai HO-ti au-TON ĒN de-de-KŌS
Exegesis
The subject appears as the participial phrase hoi mellontes auton anetazein {οἱ μέλλοντες αὐτὸν ἀνετάζειν | hoi mél-lon-tes au-tón a-ne-tá-zein} ‘the ones about to examine him,’ functioning substantively to identify the officials ready for interrogation.
A second coordinated hoti-clause, kai hó-ti auton ên dedekos {καὶ ὅτι αὐτὸν ἦν δεδεκώς | kaí hó-ti au-tón ên de-de-kṓs} adds that ‘he had already bound him,’ with the periphrastic imperfect (ên + perfect participle dedekos) marking an ongoing state. In translation, the two hoti-clauses appear as parallel ‘that’ clauses, and the periphrastic construction is rendered as ‘had bound him’ or ‘had already put him in bonds’ to convey prior action and its continuing legal implication.
In context — Acts 22:29
At once those who were about to examine him stepped away from him, and the commander also became afraid when he learned that he was a Roman and that he had bound him.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:29:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 22:29, so the Greek word αὐτὸν (auton) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.22.29.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.29.W21.S1) and character.