[B-Greek] "eis" Acts 2:38
Jerry Fite
jbfite at flash.net
Tue Jan 11 16:13:38 EST 2005
In asking the question: " is eis used retrospectively anywhere in the New Testament?" I acknowledge the wisdom in looking at "eis" is "a view towards" something. Am I faulty in my thinking in taking the step that baptism is looking towards the remission of sins when meeting the conditions of repentance and baptism, but when accusing one who sees "eis" as a view towards the remission of sins and therefore according to the Greek fulfilling the meaning of the Greek preposition "eis" as not being accurate with the Greek because they view the forgiveness of sins as having already occurred?
In other words, when I stress that "eis" is not used in the New Testament "retrospectively" as looking backwards, but looking towards something, and go to Acts 2:38 and Matt. 26:28 and point out the actions of Jesus shedding his blood, and repenting and being baptized as having the common purpose:"eis aphesian ton hamartion", does my point not prove my conclusion because "eis" is having a view towards something but that something- the forgiveness of sins has already occurred, or in one's view lies entirely on a different basis not connected with repentance and baptism?
Dr. Conrad warns of the direction of this discussion :
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.
I appreciate the warning, I too do not want to go beyond what the Greek text actually says. I am trying to sharpen my thinking, trying to understand why one would look at the Greek and come to a different conclusion than mine, and understand where others who do not agree with are coming from in their thinking.
The discussion has been helpful to me in all of these areas.
Sincerely,
Jerry Fite
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