Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

αὐτός

Vocabulary form: 
αὐτός
Definition: 

he, she, it (they, them)

Frequency: 
5,597
GK: 
899
Cognates: 

An autocrat (aujtokrathvV) is a ruling by oneself.

Mnemonic Singing: 

Only trust Him,
only trust Him,
only trust Him now.

Notes: 

We will see in chapter 12 that aujtovV can also mean "self" and "same," which is reflected in most English cognates and derivatives.

Biblical Concordance

John 17:21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, that they (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
John 17:22 And the glory that you have given me I have given them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), so that they may be one just as we are one,
John 17:23 I in them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) and you in me, that they may be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me, and that you love them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) even as you love me.
John 17:26 I have made known to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) your name, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), and I in them.” (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd)
John 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was an olive grove, into which he (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) entered with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples.
John 18:2 Now Judas, who betrayed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples.
John 18:4 Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), stepped forward and said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Who is it that you are looking for?”
John 18:5 They answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I am he.” Now Judas, who betrayed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), was standing with them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd).
John 18:6 When Jesus said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground.
John 18:7 Then Jesus asked them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) again, “Who is it that you are looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
John 18:9 This was to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) you have given me.”
John 18:10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
John 18:11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has given me?”
John 18:12 So the detachment of soldiers, their captain, and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
John 18:18 The servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and were standing there and warming themselves, and Peter also was standing with them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) and warming himself.
John 18:19 Meanwhile the high priest questioned Jesus about his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples and about his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) teaching.
John 18:20 Jesus answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
John 18:21 Why do you question me? Question those who have heard as to what I said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd); they know what I said.”
John 18:22 When he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) said this, one of the officers standing there gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
John 18:23 Jesus replied, “If I spoke incorrectly, testify about the error; but if I spoke correctly, why do you hit me?”
John 18:24 Then Annas sent him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
John 18:25 Now Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself, so they said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “You are not one of his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) disciples, are you?” Peter denied it and said, “I am not!”
John 18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “I saw you in the garden with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd), did I not?”
John 18:28 Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early, and they (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) did not go into the governor’s headquarters so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.
John 18:29 So Pilate came outside to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd) and said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
John 18:30 They replied to (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), saying, “If this man were not doing something wrong, we would not have handed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) over to you.”
John 18:31 Then Pilate said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Take him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) yourselves and judge him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) according to your law.” The Jews said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “It is not lawful for us to put any one to death.”
John 18:33 Then Pilate entered his headquarters again, summoned Jesus and said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Are you the king of the Jews?”
John 18:37 Therefore Pilate said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king! The reason for which I was born and have come into the world, is that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
John 18:38 Pilate said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “What is truth?” And having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “I find no basis for an accusation against him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).
John 19:2 And the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and placed it on his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) head, and they threw a purple robe around him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd).
John 19:3 Then they kept coming up to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” and slapping him in the face.
John 19:4 Once more Pilate went out and said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Look, I am bringing him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out to you that you may know that I find no basis for an accusation against him.” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd)
John 19:5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe; and Pilate said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Look, the man!”
John 19:6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Take him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) yourselves and crucify him; for I find no basis for an accusation against him.” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd)
John 19:7 The Jews answered him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
John 19:9 He went back into his headquarters and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) no answer.
John 19:10 So Pilate said to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), “Are you not going to talk to me? You know, do you not, that I have the authority to release you and I have the authority to crucify you?”
John 19:11 Jesus said, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. That is why the man who handed me over to you has a greater sin.”
John 19:12 From that point on Pilate tried to release him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but the Jews kept shouting out, saying, “If you release this man, you are no ‘Friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”
John 19:15 But they shouted, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) Pilate said to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
John 19:16 Then Pilate handed him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) over to the soldiers (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) to be crucified. So they took charge of Jesus,
John 19:18 There they crucified him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), and with him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) two others, one on either side with Jesus between them.
John 19:23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) garments and separated them into four shares, one share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, which was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.
John 19:24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), but cast lots for it (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) to see who will get it” — that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.
John 19:25 Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mother, and his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
John 19:27 Then he said to his disciple, “Look, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her (autēn | αὐτήν | acc sg fem3rd) into his own home.
John 19:29 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they attached a sponge soaked in the sour wine to a stalk of hyssop and held it to his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mouth.
John 19:31 Then, since it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs of (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) the crucified (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) men (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) broken and their bodies taken down.
John 19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, then those of the other one who had been crucified with him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd).

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