αὐτοῦ;

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αὐτοῦ;

   au-TOU

   him
2. clause🔊 Οὐκ ἐγώ σε εἶδον ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μετʼ αὐτοῦ;

   OUK e-GŌ se EI-don en TOI KÊ-pōi met au-TOU

   I not saw you in the garden with him
3. sentence🔊 λέγει εἷς ἐκ τῶν δούλων τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, συγγενὴς ὢν οὗ ἀπέκοψεν Πέτρος τὸ ὠτίον· Οὐκ ἐγώ σε εἶδον ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μετʼ αὐτοῦ;

   LE-YEI HEIS ek tôn DOU-lōn TOU ar-khi-e-RE-ōs syng-ge-NÊS ŌN HOU a-PE-kop-sen PE-tros TO ō-TI-on OUK e-GŌ se EI-don en TOI KÊ-pōi met au-TOU

   one from the servants of the high priest a relative being whose the ear Peter {He} cut off He says I not saw you in the garden with him

Exegesis

The subject is expanded by the partitive phrase heis ek tōn doulōn tou archiereōs {εἷς ἐκ τῶν δούλων τοῦ ἀρχιερέως | heîs ek tôn doúlōn tou ar-khee-ER-e-os} ‘one from the servants of the high priest’, narrowing the speaker to a member of the priestly household.

The relative clause hou apekopsen Petros to ōtion {οὗ ἀπέκοψεν Πέτρος τὸ ὠτίον | hoû a-PEK-op-sen Pé-tros tò ō-tí-on} ties the speaker directly to the earlier injury, making the ear-cutting the backdrop for his challenge.

The closing phrase en tō kēpō met’ autou {ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μετʼ αὐτοῦ | en tō̂ kḗ-pōi met au-toû} anchors the memory in a specific location and leaves the companion unnamed in Greek, letting the context supply the referent.