John 19:24:7John.19.24.W7TAB
αὐτόν,
auton
“it”
- Transliteration
- au-TON
- Extended
- au-TOHN
- IPA
- /auˈton/
Meaning by language
- English
- it
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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
- phraseyour reading level
MÊ SKHI-sô-men au-TON
- clause
MÊ SKHI-sô-men au-TON al-LA LA-khô-men pe-RI au-TOU TI-nos ES-tai
- sentence
EI-pan OUN PROS al-LÊ-lous MÊ SKHI-sô-men au-TON al-LA LA-khô-men pe-RI au-TOU TI-nos ES-tai HI-na hê gra-PHÊ plê-rô-THÊ hê LE-gou-sa di-e-me-RI-san-to TA hi-MA-ti-a mou he-au-TOIS KAI e-PI TON hi-ma-tis-MON mou E-ba-lon KLÊ-ron
Exegesis
The clause Me schisomen auton {Μὴ σχίσωμεν αὐτόν | Mḕ schí-sō-men au-tón} is a first person plural aorist subjunctive with the negative particle mē, functioning as a deliberative prohibition, “Let us not tear it,” where the masculine pronoun refers back to the tunic mentioned in the previous verse.
The quotation itself, diemerisanto ta himatia mou heautois kai epi ton himatismon mou ebalon kleron {Διεμερίσαντο τὰ ἱμάτιά μου ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ἱματισμόν μου ἔβαλον κλῆρον | Di-e-me-rí-san-to tà hi-má-ti-a mou he-au-toîs kaì epì tòn hi-ma-tis-món mou é-ba-lon klê-ron}, uses aorist verbs to describe completed actions, matching the soldiers’ behavior in detail (division of garments and casting of lots).
In context — John 19:24
Therefore they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots for it to see whose it will be,” so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” Therefore, the soldiers did these things.
About this coordinate
John 19:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 19:24, so the Greek word αὐτόν, (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 John.19.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.24.W7.S1) and character.