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### Examples from the Bible
The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that the same person or thing fills two different roles in a sentence. Often the reflexive pronoun is the object of the sentence, and it refers to the same person that the subject refers to. (See [Sentence Structure](../figs-sentences/01.md))
**The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that the same person or thing fills two different roles in a sentence.** Often the reflexive pronoun is the object of the sentence, and it refers to the same person that the subject refers to. (See [Sentence Structure](../figs-sentences/01.md))
>Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but <u>Jesus</u> hid <u>himself</u> and went out of the temple. (John 8:59 ULB)
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* "Many" is the subject of "purify," and "themselves" is the object of "purify." The word "themselves" refers to the many people.
The reflexive pronoun sometimes emphasizes a person or thing in the sentence.
**The reflexive pronoun sometimes emphasizes a person or thing in the sentence.**
>... <u>Jesus himself</u> was not baptizing, but his disciples were ... (John 4:2 ULB)
>So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, since he was already in the boat. ... And a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was already full. But <u>Jesus himself</u> was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. (Mark 4:36-38 ULB)
The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that a person or thing was alone or did something alone.
**The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that a person or thing was alone or did something alone.**
>... while the kings who had come were <u>by themselves</u> in the field. (1 Chronicles 19:9 ULB)
>When Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him by force to make him king, he withdrew again up the mountain <u>by himself</u>. (John 6:15 ULB)
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* **<u>Jesus himself</u> was not baptizing, but his disciples were.** (John 4:2 ULB)
* <u>It was not Jesus who</u> was baptizing, but his disciples were.
1. Emphasize a certain person or thing by adding something to that word or putting another word with it. English uses the reflexive pronoun after the word it emphasizes.
* **But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he <u>himself</u> knew what he was going to do.** (John 6:6 ULB)
1. Emphasize a certain person or thing by adding something to that word or putting another word with it.
* **But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he <u>himself</u> knew what he was going to do.** (John 6:6 ULB)
* But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he <u>personally</u> knew what he was going to do.
1. Show that a person or thing was alone or did something alone by using a word like "alone."