αὐτοῦ,

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αὐτοῦ,

   au-TOU

   his
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 Εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ,

   hei-STÊ-kei-san DE pa-RA TOI stau-ROI TOU ee-ay-SOO HÊ MÊ-têr au-TOU KAI HÊ a-del-PHÊ TÊS mê-TROS au-TOU

   but by the cross of {the} Jesus were standing his the mother of and the sister of the his mother of
3. sentence🔊 Εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ καὶ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή.

   hei-STÊ-kei-san DE pa-RA TOI stau-ROI TOU ee-ay-SOO HÊ MÊ-têr au-TOU KAI HÊ a-del-PHÊ TÊS mê-TROS au-TOU ma-RI-a HÊ TOU klô-PA KAI ma-RI-a HÊ mag-da-lê-NÊ

   but by the cross of {the} Jesus were standing his the mother of and the sister of the his mother of Mary wife of {the} Clopas and Mary {the} Magdalene

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase para tō staurō {παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ | parà tôi staurô} specifies close physical proximity to the cross, with the genitive modifier tou Iesou {τοῦ Ἰησοῦ | toû Iē-soû} identifying it as the cross associated with Jesus.

The subject is a series of nominative feminine noun phrases, each introduced or marked by the article hē {ἡ | hē}, beginning with hē mētēr autou {ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ | hē mḗtēr autou} ‘His mother’ and followed by hē adelphē tēs mētros autou {ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ | hē adelphē tês mḗtros autou} ‘the sister of His mother’.

Appositional constructions then further define the women: Maria hē tou Klopa {Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ | Maria hē tou Klōpa} ‘Mary, the one of Clopas’ (understood as his wife) and kai Maria hē Magdalene {καὶ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή | kai Maria hē Mag-dalēnḗ} ‘and Mary the Magdalene’.