Mark 15:8:9Mark.15.8.W9TAB
αὐτοῖς.
autois
“for them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOIS
- Extended
- au-TOIS
- IPA
- /auˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
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au-TOIS
- sentence
KAI a-na-BAS ho OKH-los ÊR-ksa-to ai-TEIS-thai ka-THÔS e-POI-ei au-TOIS
Exegesis
The dative autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} “for them” identifies the beneficiaries of this habitual action. Syntactically, the structure moves from narrative linkage (kai) to setting (anabas), to subject (ho ochlos), to inceptive action (erxato aiteisthai), and finally to a comparison of current petitions with an established custom (kathos epoiei autois). In English, the participle is best rendered as a finite clause (“when the crowd had come up”/“the crowd came up”), and the infinitive as “began to ask” or “began to request,” while the imperfect conveys “used to do” or “usually did” to preserve the nuance of ongoing past habit.
In context — Mark 15:8
And when the crowd had come up , they began to ask him to do just as he used to do for them.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 15:8, 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 Mark.15.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.8.W9.S1) and character.