[B-Greek] "Eis" Acts 2:38

Minton, Ron rminton at bible.edu
Thu Jan 13 08:38:24 EST 2005


Just to set the record straight - ain't so.  You may call it doctrinal
considerations, analogy of faith, theological eisegesis, political
correctness, or some other name, but you interpret such important
theological passages in Greek grammar every bit as subjectively as ATR.
Every one of us comes to the table with a frame of reference that defines
who we are, and you WILL make decisions based on who you are.  It is the
same in biblical translation, there has never been an unbiased translator.
Now I realize that those of us on the B-G list are "above such," so go ahead
and send the rebuttals so we can all get a good laugh.  I have read articles
and post on Acts 2:38, and no view seems to be more subjective that the
others. 
Ron Minton
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Rempel [mailto:CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:51 PM
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [B-Greek] "Eis" Acts 2:38

I believe  Charles D Rempel says it well when answering my question
regarding the "for the remission of sins" statements in Matt. 26:28 and Acts
2:38 as properly being translated "because of" - and he says, "only with
theological eisegesis".
Jerry Fite

Just to set the record straight. I do not believe it is ever proper to use
theological eisegesis in interpretation of scripture.
Charles



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