On Sun 13 May 2001 (15:27:41), biblicalscribe@hotmail.com wrote: > I had posted about "eis" plus the accusative in Acts 2:38. The > responses I received seemed to be more doctrinal and negative than > purely grammatical. > So, I will phrase the question another way. Is the Greek "eis" plus > accusative equivalent to the Latin "ad" plus accusative? If they are > not exactly parallel, what are the differences? Thanks! Dear Matt, I doubt it; because Jerome's Vulgate translates EIS AFESIN hAMARTIWN hUMWN as /in remissionem peccatorum vestrorum/, not /ad r.p.v./. So ISTM that the forgiveness is not contingent upon the baptism, but in parallel with it. Or to put it another way, the forgiveness is contingent upon the repentance, as is also the baptism: *METANOHSATE* [FHSIN] *EIS AFESIN hAMARTIWN* KAI BAPTISQHTW hEKASTOS EPI TWi ONOMATI IHSOU CRISTOU, ktl. /paenitentiam [inquit] agite ... in remissionem peccatorum vestrorum/, etc. ERRWSQE Ben -- Revd Ben Crick, BA CF 232 Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9TD (UK) http://www.cnetwork.co.uk/crick.htm --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu