Matthew 13:10:12Matt.13.10.W12TAB
αὐτοῖς
autois
“to them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOIS
- Extended
- au-TOIS
- IPA
- /au̯ˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 pro-sel-THON-tes hoi ma-thê-TAI EI-pan au-TOI di-A TI en pa-ra-bo-LAIS la-LEIS au-TOIS
Exegesis
The final pronoun autois {αὐτοῖς | autoîs} indicates the crowd or broader audience as the recipients of this parabolic teaching, creating a contrast between insiders who ask and outsiders who hear the parables. In translation, the participle is rendered as a simple past “came” for natural English flow, the direct question is maintained with quotation marks, and the idiomatic “why” for dia ti preserves the interrogative force of the Greek.
In context — Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to Him , “Why do You speak to them in parables ?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 13:10, 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 Matt.13.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.10.W12.S1) and character.