Greek "eis" in other terms

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Sun May 13 17:22:12 EDT 2001


On Sun 13 May 2001 (15:27:41), biblicalscribe at hotmail.com wrote:
> I had posted about "eis" plus the accusative in Acts 2:38. The
> responses I received seemed to be more doctrinal and negative than
> purely grammatical.
> So, I will phrase the question another way. Is the Greek "eis" plus
> accusative equivalent to the Latin "ad" plus accusative? If they are
> not exactly parallel, what are the differences? Thanks!

 Dear Matt,

 I doubt it; because Jerome's Vulgate translates EIS AFESIN hAMARTIWN hUMWN as
 /in remissionem peccatorum vestrorum/, not /ad r.p.v./.

 So ISTM that the forgiveness is not contingent upon the baptism, but in
 parallel with it. Or to put it another way, the forgiveness is contingent
 upon the repentance, as is also the baptism:
 *METANOHSATE* [FHSIN] *EIS AFESIN hAMARTIWN*  KAI BAPTISQHTW hEKASTOS EPI TWi
 ONOMATI IHSOU CRISTOU, ktl.
 /paenitentiam [inquit] agite ... in remissionem peccatorum vestrorum/, etc.

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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