[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

-- 
Carlton L. Winbery
Retired Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
318-448-6103
winberycl at earthlink.net



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