Real Bible Translation

According to what was written/drawn within the Liberator ("Isaiah"), the Prophet, Behold! I am sending away the Angel of myself in front of the face of yourself,^1a whosoever will construct the Road of yourself.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
As it has been written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

LITV Translation:
as it has been written in the Prophets, "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You;

ESV Translation:
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

Footnotes

αὐτός The True Self

The pronoun αὐτός, used "inordinately" throughout the New Testament, is a word that fundamentally denotes one’s true self, often distinguishing the soul from the body (Od. 11.602) or, conversely, the body from the soul (Il. 1.4). It functions reflexively as “self” and, in oblique cases, as a personal pronoun (“him, her, it”).

It emphasizes individual identity in contrast to others, such as a king vs. his subjects (Il. 6.18), Zeus vs. the other gods (Il. 8.4), or a warrior vs. his weapons (Il. 1.47).

With the article (ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό), it signifies "the same" or "the very one."

In prose, αὐτός can appear without the article for proper names (αὐτὸς Μένων, X. An. 2.1.5) and is used impersonally in phrases like αὐτὸ δείξει ("the result will show," Cratin. 177). It also expresses volition (“of one’s own accord,” Il. 17.254) or personal presence (“in person,” D. 1.2).

The most frequent noun word used in the NT is not "God" (θεός), found 1,317 times, but rather αὐτός the self, found over 5,600 times. The only words more frequent are "and" (9,000 times) and "the" (20,000 times).

Greek word frequency chart