Acts 2:38 Which translation?

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Thu Dec 23 02:16:06 EST 1999


So...do you have an extra copy of Beck out there that I can buy?

Solomon Landers
Memra Institute for Biblical Research
http://www.memrain.org

KJohn36574 at aol.com wrote:

> Williams' translation states:
>
> "Peter said to them, "You must repent - AND AS AN EXPRESSION OF IT,* let
> every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ - that you may have
> you sins forgiven;..."
>
> * These five words implied from context and usage in the Early
> Church.-Williams' quote.
>
> However, Beck translates,
>
> "Peter answered them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name
> of Jesus Christ so that your sins will be forgiven,.."
>
> Williams was a Southern Baptist and Beck was Lutheran. Is it only a DOCTRINAL
> preference whether Acts 2:38   teaches sin remission through repentance and
> baptism, or just repentance? I'm assuming faith is involved in either case.
> <snip>




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