John 8:27:6John.8.27.W6TAB
αὐτοῖς
autois
“to them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOIS
- Extended
- au-TOIS
- IPA
- /au̯ˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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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) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
au-TOIS
- sentence
ouk EG-no-san HO-ti ton pa-TE-ra au-TOIS E-le-gen
Exegesis
The dative pronoun autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} indicates the recipients of this speech, “to them,” highlighting that the misunderstanding lies not in the clarity of what was said but in the audience’s perception. In English, the implicit subject of elegen is rendered explicitly as “He,” and the hoti-clause becomes “that He was speaking to them about the Father,” preserving the indirect statement while smoothing the syntax into natural English word order.
In context — John 8:27
They did not understand that He was speaking to them about the Father.
About this coordinate
John 8:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 8:27, so the Greek word αὐτοῖς (autois) 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.8.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.27.W6.S1) and character.