[B-Greek] "eis" in Acts 2:38

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 8 01:14:29 EST 2005


Charles Rempel wrote:
 
> 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. 
 
Given the verse examples I included in my earlier post:
 
Matt 3:11 - EGW MEN hUMAS BAPTIZW EN hUDATI EIS METANOIAN 
Matt 28:19 - BAPTIZONTES AUTOUS EIS TO ONOMA TOU PATROS ... 
Matt 26:28 - TO PERI POLLWN EKCUNNOMENON EIS AFESIN 
hAMARTIWN 
Mark 1:4-5 - KHRUSSWN BAPTISMA METANOIAS EIS AFESIN 
hAMARTIWN (also Luke 3:3) ... KAI EBAPTIZONTO hUP' AUTOU EN 
TWi IORDANHi POTAMWi EXOMOLOGOUMENOI TAS hAMARTIAS 
AUTWN (also Matt 3:6) 
Acts 2:38 - METANOHSATE, [FHSIN,] KAI BAPTISQHTW hEKASTOS 
hUMWN EPI TWi ONOMATI IHSOU CRISTOU EIS AFESIN TWN 
hAMARTIWN hUMWN 
 
would you then say that, per Matt 3:11, baptism is the process of 
moving the individual from the unrepentant state to the repentant state, 
and per Matt 26:28, baptism is the process of moving the individual from 
non-Father/Son/Holy Spirit state to the Father/Son/Holy Spirit state?


Eric S. Weiss


		
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