I'd like to see some additional argumentation on why EGEIROMAI
*cannot* equal ANISTAMAI with reference to the resurrection just as
it does, for example, with reference to getting up in the morning.
I'd like to see arguments based on the language of the actual
contexts, or else on theological grounds, not simply citations from
the lexica.
By the way, EGEIRW is not the only verb where the exact meaning of
the passive voice is theologically significant. A former pastor of
mine liked to observe that all the references to conversion have the
people as either object of an active verb or subject of a passive. My
view is tentatively the same as with EGEIRW: it is true to say that
"people turn from their sins" as well as to say that "they are turned
from their sins" (cf. Acts 3:26). To choose one and reject the other
seems to me to be both a grammatical and a theological error.
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In Love to God and Neighbor,
Randy Leedy
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC
RLeedy@wpo.bju.edu
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