Matthew 20:10:15Matt.20.10.W15TAB
αὐτοί⸃.
autoi
“they”
- Transliteration
- au-TOI
- Extended
- au-TOI
- IPA
- /auˈtoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- they
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
au-TOI
- clause
KAI E-la-bon TO a-NA dê-NA-ri-on KAI au-TOI
- sentence
KAI el-THON-tes hoi PRÔ-toi e-NO-mi-san HO-ti PLEI-on LÊM-pson-tai KAI E-la-bon TO a-NA dê-NA-ri-on KAI au-TOI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the participial clause elthontes hoi protoi {ἐλθόντες οἱ πρῶτοι | elthóntes hoi prô-toi} ‘when the first came’, where the aorist participle elthontes functions temporally, indicating prior action to the main verb. The article–adjective combination hoi protoi marks a defined group, those who were first hired earlier in the narrative.
The second finite verb elabon {ἔλαβον | é-la-bon} introduces the realized action, with the object phrase to ana denarion {τὸ ἀνὰ δηνάριον | tò aná dē-ná-ri-on}, an idiomatic combination of article, preposition ana with accusative, and noun, meaning ‘a denarius each’.
The concluding kai autoi {καὶ αὐτοί | kaí autoí} ‘and they themselves’ underscores that this same standard payment applied even to those who came first, reinforcing the theme of equal treatment. In translation, the temporal participle is rendered as a finite clause (“when the first came / when those who were hired first arrived”), and the idiom to ana denarion is expressed as “the denarius each” or “a denarius each” to communicate the distributive sense. The coordinating kai linking expectation and result is rendered as “and” in formal and “yet” in dynamic to convey the implied contrast without overcomplicating the sentence.
In context — Matthew 20:10
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they themselves received the denarius each.
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:10:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Matthew 20:10, so the Greek word αὐτοί⸃. (autoi) 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.20.10.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.10.W15.S1) and character.