αὐτῶν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αὐτῶν

   au-TÔN

   of them
2. sentence🔊 Παρῆσαν δέ τινες ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ ἀπαγγέλλοντες αὐτῷ περὶ τῶν Γαλιλαίων ὧν τὸ αἷμα Πιλᾶτος ἔμιξεν μετὰ τῶν θυσιῶν αὐτῶν

   pa-RÊ-san DE TI-nes en au-TOI TÔI kai-ROI a-pan-GE-lon-tes au-TOI pe-RI tôn ga-li-LAI-ōn hôn to HAI-ma pi-LA-tos E-mi-ksen me-TA tôn thy-si-ÔN au-TÔN

   They were present and some at that the time reporting to him about the Galileans whose the blood Pilate mixed with the sacrifices of them

Exegesis

The content introduced by peri tōn Galilaion {περὶ τῶν Γαλιλαίων | perì tṓn Galilaíōn} ‘about the Galileans’ is further defined by the genitive relative clause hon to haima Pilatos emixen meta tōn thusion auton {ὧν τὸ αἷμα Πιλᾶτος ἔμιξεν μετὰ τῶν θυσιῶν αὐτῶν}, linking the group to the atrocity. The verb emixen ‘had mixed’ takes haima ‘blood’ as its object and meta tōn thusion auton ‘with their sacrifices’ indicates association. Pilatos placed between haima and emixen highlights him as the agent of the violent act. In English the aorist is rendered in the simple past to convey completed action prior to the report.