John 8:20:21John.8.20.W21TAB
αὐτοῦ
autou
“of him”
- Transliteration
- au-TOU
- Extended
- au-TOO
- IPA
- /auˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
au-TOU
- sentence
TAU-ta ta RHÊ-ma-ta e-LA-lē-sen en tôi ga-zo-phy-la-KI-ō di-DAS-kōn en tôi hi-e-RÔI KAI ou-de-IS e-PI-a-sen au-TON HO-ti OU-pō e-lē-LY-thei hê HÔ-ra au-TOU
Exegesis
The following causal clause hoti oupō elēlythei hē hōra autou {ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ | hóti oú-pō elēlý-thei hē hō-ra autoû} grounds this restraint in divine timing. The pluperfect elēlythei, “had come,” portrays the “hour” as a fixed, divinely appointed moment that, in the storyline, still lies in the future. English must slightly reorder the participial construction and causative clause to maintain clarity (“while teaching in the temple,” “because His hour had not yet come”) while preserving the tight linkage between speech, sacred space, human opposition, and God-governed timing.
In context — John 8:20
He spoke these words in the treasury while teaching in the temple, and no one seized Him because His hour had not yet come.
About this coordinate
John 8:20:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of John 8:20, so the Greek word αὐτοῦ (autou) 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.8.20.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.20.W21.S1) and character.