For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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αὐτός
Vocabulary form:
αὐτός
Definition:
he, she, it (they, them)
Erasmian:
Modern:
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
| Acts 21:30 | Then all the city was stirred up, and a mob of people quickly formed. They seized Paul and dragged him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) outside the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. |
| Acts 21:31 | And while they were trying to kill him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the detachment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. |
| Acts 21:32 | At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd); and when they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. |
| Acts 21:33 | Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. Then he asked who he might be and what he had done. |
| Acts 21:34 | Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another, and since he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was unable to find out the truth because of the uproar, he ordered him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to be brought into the barracks. |
| Acts 21:35 | When he got to the stairs, Paul (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob, |
| Acts 21:36 | for the crowd of people kept following and shouting, “Away with him!” (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) |
| Acts 21:40 | And when he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying: |
| Acts 22:2 | And when they heard that he was addressing them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said: |
| Acts 22:13 | came to me, and standing there said to me, ‘Brother Saul, recover your sight.’ And at that very (autē | αὐτῇ | dat sg fem) hour I recovered my sight and saw him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| Acts 22:14 | And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) mouth. |
| Acts 22:15 | For you will be a witness for him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) to everyone of what you have seen and heard. |
| Acts 22:16 | And now why are you waiting? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) name.’ |
| Acts 22:18 | and I saw him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ |
| Acts 22:19 | And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) know that I used to go from one synagogue to another imprisoning and flogging those who believed in you. |
| Acts 22:20 | And when the blood of Stephen, your witness, was being shed, I myself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) was standing by approving and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’ (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) |
| Acts 22:22 | They listened to him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) until this word, but then they raised their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) voices saying, saying “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not right for him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to live!” |
| Acts 22:23 | While they (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust in the air, |
| Acts 22:24 | the commanding officer ordered Paul (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to be brought back into the barracks, saying that he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) should be examined with whips so that he might know the reason why they were shouting at him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) that way. |
| Acts 22:25 | But when they had stretched him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?” |
| Acts 22:27 | The commanding officer came to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and said, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied, “Yes.” |
| Acts 22:29 | Immediately those who were about to examine him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) drew back from him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd); and the commanding officer was afraid, realizing that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had bound him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). |
| Acts 22:30 | But on the next day, wanting to know for sure what was the accusation being made against him by the Jews, he released him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and ordered the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them (autous | αὐτούς | acc pl masc3rd). |
| Acts 23:2 | At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) to strike him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) on the mouth. |
| Acts 23:3 | Then Paul said to him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd), “God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you indeed sit judging me according to the law yet contrary to the law order me to be struck?” |
| Acts 23:7 | When he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) said this, an argument broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. |
| Acts 23:9 | Then there arose a great uproar, and certain of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested vigorously, saying, “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) |
| Acts 23:10 | And when the argument became violent, the commanding officer, afraid that Paul would be torn apart by them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), commanded the soldiers to go down and take him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) away from among them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) by force and bring him into the barracks. |
| Acts 23:11 | The following night the Lord stood by him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so must you also testify in Rome.” |
| Acts 23:15 | So now you and the council give notice to the commanding officer to bring him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) down to you, as though you were going to examine his (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) case more accurately; and we will be ready to kill him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) before he (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) gets there.” |
| Acts 23:17 | Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.” (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) |
| Acts 23:18 | So he took him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and brought him to the commanding officer and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.” |
| Acts 23:19 | The commanding officer took him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) by the hand, drew him aside and asked, “What is it that you have to report to me?” |
| Acts 23:20 | And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the council, as though the case against him (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was going to be examined more closely. |
| Acts 23:21 | But you should not be persuaded by them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), for more than forty of their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) men are lying in wait for him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) and have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd). And now they are ready, awaiting your consent.” |
| Acts 23:27 | This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd), when I came upon him and, with the soldiers, rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen. |
| Acts 23:28 | And wanting to know the charge for which they were accusing him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), I brought him down to their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) council. |
| Acts 23:29 | I found him accused in regard to questions of their (autōn | αὐτῶν | gen pl masc3rd) law, but with no charge deserving death or imprisonment. |
| Acts 23:30 | And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to speak against him (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) to you.” |
| Acts 23:31 | So the soldiers, according to the directions given to them (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd), took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. |
| Acts 23:32 | The next day they let the horsemen go on with him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd), and they returned to the barracks. |
| Acts 23:33 | When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and turned over Paul to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd). |
| Acts 23:35 | he said, “I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive.” Then he commanded that Paul (auton | αὐτόν | acc sg masc3rd) be guarded in Herod’s headquarters. |
| Acts 24:2 | And when he (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) was summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “Since we have enjoyed a long period of peace through your rule, and since reforms are being made in the nation by your foresight, |
| Acts 24:8 | When you examine him yourself (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc), you will be able to learn from him about all these things of which we are accusing him.” (autou | αὐτοῦ | gen sg masc3rd) |
| Acts 24:10 | And Paul responded, when the governor motioned to him (autō | αὐτῷ | dat sg masc3rd) to speak: “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, gladly do I make my own defense concerning these things. |
| Acts 24:15 | having a hope in God, which these men themselves (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) accept, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust. |
| Acts 24:16 | In view of this I (autos | αὐτός | nom sg masc) do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men at all times. |
| Acts 24:20 | Or let these men themselves (autoi | αὐτοί | nom pl masc) tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, |
| Acts 24:21 | other than this one utterance that I cried out while standing among them: (autois | αὐτοῖς | dat pl masc3rd) ‘It is regarding a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’” |