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1 | EIS_ retrospective or prospective? | Matt 12:41 | disciplerami | 78544 | ||
Dear Search, I'm against camping. Your comments on this thread have been very good and much appreciated. But I would like to see others weigh in. Do you have anything else to add to this thread? If you've not read the original post, the preposition EIS is used in the accusative case, and 'the preaching' of Jonah is accusative singular. What is the significance of that? The accusative/direct object [i.e. THE PREACHING OF JONAH] receives the action of the nearest verb, which is 'REPENTED' (verb, 3rd plural, aorist, indicative, active). Therefore, the Ninevites repented INTO the preaching of Jonah. This is similar language Galatians 3:27, "into Christ are YE baptized." Your thoughts please. Mt.12:41 deserves a fair treatment, don't you? Mt.12:41 is bantered about as evidence against EIS being prospective in Acts 2:38 and I want to see that it is treated fairly. Again I invite you or others to add to the discussion here. I would appreciate it. Be not afraid. Disciplerami |
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2 | EIS_ retrospective or prospective? | Matt 12:41 | Morant61 | 78603 | ||
Greetings Disciplerami! The fact that 'at the preaching of Jonah' is in the accusative case isn't very significant in this sense, 'eis' is used over 1,700 times and always occurs in the accusative case. :-) Since you deny that 'eis' can ever mean 'because of', how do you handle Mt. 3:11 (KJV): "I indeed baptize you with water unto (eis) repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:" Did John baptize people that they might repent, or did he baptize people because they had repented? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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