[B-Greek] 1 Peter 3:20-21
RRedden604 at aol.com
RRedden604 at aol.com
Fri Mar 10 20:18:52 EST 2006
Iver Larsen says
"Since hO is a neuter pronoun I prefer to see it not as referring to the
immediately preceding word but to the whole preceding sentence..." Why
doesn't
it refer to the water which is neuter in Greek. How could Peter make it
any
clearer that the antecedent is the water just mentioned?
Again, Iver writes,
"It can hardly be the water that saves."
Are you speaking merely as a grammarian or a theologian? The focus in 1
Pet. 3:20, 21 is upon the water, not upon the ark regardless how significant
the ark was in the family's safety. Peter is making an analogy between the
deluge and baptism. That much is clear. Even the anti-sacramentalist, ATR
says, "Which also (o` kai). Water just mentioned. After a true likeness
(antitupon). Water in baptism now as an anti-type of Noah's deliverance by
water"
(WP)
Rob Redden
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list