αὐτὸν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αὐτὸν

   au-TON

   him
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ὅτε ἐνέπαιξαν αὐτῷ ἐξέδυσαν αὐτὸν τὴν πορφύραν καὶ ἐνέδυσαν αὐτὸν τὰ ἱμάτια τὰ ἴδια καὶ ἐξάγουσιν αὐτὸν ἵνα σταυρώσωσιν αὐτόν.

   KAI HO-te e-NE-pai-ksan au-TOI ek-SE-dy-san au-TON tên por-PHY-ran KAI e-NE-dy-san au-TON ta hi-MA-ti-a ta I-di-a KAI ek-SA-gou-sin au-TON HI-na stau-RO-sô-sin au-TON

   and when they mocked him they stripped him the purple cloak and they clothed him the garments the own and they lead out him so that they might crucify him

Exegesis

A series of aorist verbs follows in parataxis: exedysan {ἐξέδυσαν | e-xé-dy-san} “they stripped” with its object auton {αὐτόν | au-tón} and the accusative phrase tēn porphuran {τὴν πορφύραν | tḕn por-phú-ran} “the purple robe,” then enedysan {ἐνέδυσαν | e-né-dy-san} “they clothed” with auton and the double accusative object ta himatia ta idia {τὰ ἱμάτια τὰ ἴδια | tá hi-má-ti-a tá í-di-a} “His own garments,” where the repeated article plus adjective emphasizes that these clothes truly belonged to Him.

The repeated auton {αὐτόν | au-tón} throughout keeps focus on the same central figure, showing a tightly knit progression from mockery, to removal of the mocking robe, restoration of His own garments, and finally the purposeful leading out for crucifixion, which guided the choice to retain clear sequential verbs and a distinct purpose clause in English.