[B-Greek] "EIS" in Ac. 2:38

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Jan 10 13:36:57 EST 2005


At 9:17 AM -0800 1/10/05, Doug Hoxworth wrote:
>><Carl>
>>I don't see that it does; it's simply a distributive
>form of BAPTISQHTE indicating that baptism is an
>individual experience or is so conceived by the
>speaker in this instance.
>
><Doug>
>But istn't METANOHSATE also an individual experience?

I don't really see much more in it than a colloquial (except that I'm using
those ritual words): "Y'all repent, ya hear, and get baptized, every last
one of you, and then y'all will get the Holy Spirit." It just seems to me
that too much is being read into the precise formulation of the Greek of
this passage, as if it one could get this passage clear, all the mysteries
about repentance and baptism would be thoroughly resolved. While I won't
say the discussion is being driven by an agenda, it seems to me that it's
being prolonged for reasons that may go beyond what the Greek text actually
says.
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Carl W. Conrad
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