Mark 13:12:17Mark.13.12.W17TAB
αὐτούς
autous
“them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOUS
- Extended
- au-TOOHS
- IPA
- /auˈtuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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au-TOUS
- sentence
KAI pa-ra-DO-sei a-del-PHOS a-del-PHON eis THA-na-ton KAI pa-TÊR TEK-non KAI e-pa-na-STÊ-so-ntai TEK-na e-PI go-NEIS KAI tha-na-TÔ-sou-sin au-TOUS
Exegesis
The final coordinated verb thanatosousin {θανατώσουσιν | thanatṓsousin} ‘they will put to death’ has an implied subject from the immediately preceding tekna, with autous {αὐτούς | autoús} ‘them’ referring back to the betrayed parents or family members. The escalating structure moves from betrayal within sibling and parent-child relationships to outright killing, which is preserved in translation by keeping parallel clauses and maintaining the future tense to emphasize the certainty and severity of the predicted divisions.
In context — Mark 13:12
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and will put them to death.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 13:12, so the Greek word αὐτούς (autous) 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 Mark.13.12.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.12.W17.S1) and character.