[B-Greek] "eis" in Acts 2:38
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sat Jan 8 01:01:27 EST 2005
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:46:14 -0600 "Charles Rempel"
<CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com> writes:
>
> BAPTISQHTO ... EIS APHESIN TWN AMARTIWN - My favorite the - the
> aorist
> passive imperative!
>
> It is the responsibility of the exegete to read what the text says,
> not
> eisegete ones theology into the text.
>
> This text clearly reads that one should "be baptized ... into the
> forgiveness of sins." Using the illustration of the arrow going into
> a
> circle from Dana and Mantey, the arrow would be the process of
> Baptizw and
> the circle would be the forgiveness of sins. Baptism is the process
> of
> moving the individual from the unbaptized state to the baptized
> state. The
> Acts passage defines one aspect of the baptized state to be the
> forgiveness
> of sins. The unbaptized state is the lack of forgiveness of sins.
>
> Since METANOHSATE is aorist active imperative it is the action which
> man
> must take in order to allow himself to be baptized (passive voice).
>
> The great problem with this passage is not the preposition EIS, but
> the
> eisegesis of theology into the meaning of BAPTIZW.
>
> Dr. James W. Dale, in his treatise's(6 volumes I believe) on BAPTIZW
> clearly
> lays out the formulation for understanding this passage and all the
> others
> on baptism, likewise. I summarize in my own words. The preposition
> EN gives
> the intermediary agency by which one is baptized, not included in
> this
> passage. The preposition EIS gives the receiving element into which
> one is
> baptized.
>
> If we stick with the text it will produce accurate theology. If we
> eisegete
> false meaning into BAPTIZW we will argue theology from now until
> eternity.
>
> Charles D. Rempel
> 30 year student
> Without Portfolio
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Since we aren't here to discuss theology, I will pass on commenting
regarding whether this will or will not produce correct theology (correct
in whose opinion?).
It would seem that this is an attempt to limit the use of EIS to one
function. One of the uses of EIS is to indicate the goal. In this sense
examples are given of verbs of "going, coming, leading, etc." AFESIS is
a nominal form derived from a verb (AFIHMI) and indicating a process. I
would suggest that this is nearer the mark.
george
gfsomsel
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