[B-Greek] Matt. 28:19

AJBIRCH AJBIRCH at terra.es
Mon Jan 17 02:54:29 EST 2005


Regarding Matt. 28:19, a fairly literal translation would be:
"Going, then, disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father..."
Surely the word "them" is masculine for the simple reason that you can't actually baptize nations - only people! If we expand MAQHTEUSATE to mean "make disciples of", then AUTOUS could naturally refer to the the people of "all the nations" who are willing to become disciples.

Andrew J. Birch
Palma de Mallorca, Spain


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