Adjective automatos (of oneself) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Mark

4: 28The earth produces of itself (automatos), first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

Acts

12: 10After they had passed the first and the second guard, they came before the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of itself (automatos), and they went outside and walked along a lane, when suddenly the angel left him.