Mark 15:31:14Mark.15.31.W14TAB
ἑαυτὸν
heauton
“himself”
- Transliteration
- he-au-TON
- Extended
- heh-au-TOHN
- IPA
- /he.auˈton/
Meaning by language
- English
- himself
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
he-au-TON
- phraseyour reading level
he-au-TON ou DY-na-tai SÔ-sai
- clause
AL-lous E-sō-sen he-au-TON ou DY-na-tai SÔ-sai
- sentence
ho-MOI-ōs KAI hoi ar-khi-e-REIS em-pai-ZON-tes pros al-LÊ-lous me-TA tôn gram-ma-TE-ōn E-le-gon AL-lous E-sō-sen he-au-TON ou DY-na-tai SÔ-sai
Exegesis
The reported saying consists of two antithetical clauses: allous esosen {Ἄλλους ἔσωσεν | Ál-lous É-sō-sen} ‘He saved others’ and heauton ou dynatai sōsai {ἑαυτὸν οὐ δύναται σῶσαι | he-au-TÓN ou DÝ-na-tai SÔ-sai} ‘Himself He is not able to save’. The fronting of heauton ‘Himself’ places rhetorical emphasis on the contrast between His past acts of deliverance and His present apparent helplessness. The pairing of esosen and sōsai from sozo underscores the ironic logic of the mockers: they assume that true saving power must be self-protective, while the narrative context presents Jesus’ refusal to save Himself as the very means by which He will save others. The English renderings mirror this contrast with “saved others” / “cannot save Himself” and retain the participial nuance through a progressive form (“mocking”) to convey continuous derision.
In context — Mark 15:31
Likewise, the chief priests also, mocking among themselves with the scribes , were saying, “He saved others; Himself He cannot save.”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:31:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 15:31, so the Greek word ἑαυτὸν (heauton) 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.15.31.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.31.W14.S1) and character.