[B-Greek] "Repent"
Carlton Winbery
winberycl at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 21 13:01:46 EDT 2006
You must remember that God also "repented" (eg. Jonah 3:10 KAI
METENOASEN hO QEOS EPI THi KAKIAi hHi ELALHSEN TOU POIHSAI AUTOIS KAI
OUK EPOIHSEN.)
I have often tried to decide what the BAPTISMA METANOIAS really means
in Mark (1:4) after Jesus came to submit to it. Perhaps from the
Hebrew concept of "repentance" there are more implications of
"turning to" and not just the concept of "turning from."
I agree with those who have advised getting better resources if you
intend to learn Greek. You may want to be a lurker till you do get
more understanding of how the language works.
Carlton Winbery
>KAI LEGWN hOTI PEPLHRWTAI hO KAIROS KAI HGGIKEN hH BASILEIA TOU
>QEOU, "METANOEITE KAI PISTEUETE EN TWi EUAGGELIWi
>
>METANOEITE here is a 2 pl imperative of METANOEW and simply means
>"to repent" or "to feel remorse" according to BDAG. I would
>contend, however, that it involves more than simply feeling sorry
>about something. It is a change which involves not only one's
>attitude, a change in one's way of thinking, but also a change in
>the way in which one responds from that point forward.
>
>As to your question of the difference between METANOIA and
>METANOEITE (lemma: METANOEW): METANOIA is a noun and signifies the
>act of feeling remorse and changing one's attitude. METANOEITE, as
>stated before, is an inflected form of METANOEW and thus refers to
>the action of actually changing one's attitude.
>
>Get rid of Strong's and get a decent lexicon, preferably BDAG though
>Louw and Nida are sort-of acceptable. You will never make progress
>in Greek so long as you rely on Strong's and interlinears.
>
>george
>gfsomsel
>_________
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Raoul Miguel Hirschfeld <raoulmiguel at gmail.com>
>To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:38:03 AM
>Subject: [B-Greek] "Repent"
>
>
>
>In Luke 15, the prodigal son went back to his father not only because
>he had a "change of mind and heart", or, "change of consciousness." I
>think that "he went to his father" spiritual meaning is -- "He return
>to or remember his father words." (Deut.31:6) and (Joshua.1:5) -- "I
>will not fail you or forsake you." Also see (Hebrew.13:5).
>
>I want to know if "repent" (metanoeite) in Mark 1:15 really means
>"return to the original" or back to the real message becuase of the
>Pharisee religion?
>
>If not, what is the diferrent between "metanoia" and "metanoeite."
>
>I have looked up for the meaning for "metanoeite" without finding a
>good explanation.
>
>Can you help me with the word "metanoeite" in (Mark.1:15)?
>
>Have a wonderfull weekend.
>
Raoul Miguel Hirschfeld
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Carlton L. Winbery
Retired Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
318-448-6103
winberycl at earthlink.net
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