EN PNEUMATI in Acts 1:5 locative or instrumental case?

Georgy Aristov georgij.aristov at gast.fh-magdeburg.de
Wed Oct 25 04:34:32 EDT 2000


Acts 1:5 ... EBAPTISEN hUDATI ... EN PNEUMATI BAPTISQHSESQE AGIW

en pneumati ... Is it the locative case (= in the Spirit) or the
instrumental case (= with the Spirit)? Robertson insists on the locative
usage, but three different Russian translations I looked in do agree in
interpretation of "en pneumati" as the instrumental. I wonder if the
meaning of the verb "baptizw" (to dip) is compatible with the instrumental
usage of corresponding nouns ("water" or "Spirit") at all?



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