[B-Greek] RE: Act 2:38 EIS

Charles Rempel CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com
Wed Jan 12 06:11:23 EST 2005


CDR: "As I cautioned earlier the problem with this passage is not the
prepostion, but the misidentification of BAPTISQHTW. I would suggest that
when the baptism is correctly identified, forgiveness of sin is entered into
and the Greek text is correct. I have identified eleven distinctive baptisms
in the NT. When the correct one is identifed the grammar and the theology
merge nicely.

VN: Distinct indeed. The distinction of the "baptism" here in Acts 2:38 is
that it has nothing to do with water....please tell everyone what else may
be indicated when one undergoes the result of the imperative BAPTISQHTW !
Or..like you say, they will be talking theology until the cows come home.

CDR: May I suggest that those who are interested in seeing what the Greek NT
says instead of eisegeting theology into text, make a chart with the
following headings:

Baptizer	Baptizee	EN	EIS	EPI

Fill in the info and see where it leads. Using the principle of elipsis fill
in the blanks. (Be careful of theological bias.)

VN: Looking forward to the day when each one of us will be
BEBAPTISMENH...or, may all of us find ourselves as BEBAPTISMENOI

CDR: You mean we're not already there?

VN: At any rate; I appreciate your explorations of possibilities as is
represented by your posts on B-Greek, Charles.

Thanks




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