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1 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | Morant61 | 133358 | ||
Greetings Jelkins! You wrote: "The Greek word, eis, is a preposition indicating motion or direction; such as, to, into, toward, for, among. It is used about 1,500 times, and overwhelmingly, translators have not translated it “because of.” It would seem that if “because of” were an accepted definition, it could be substituted in any one of those places." This is not quite accurate. Words can have various meanings depending upon context. For instance, prepostions can be used with other words to produce different meanings. BAG, the definitive lexicon of Greek words lists 9 distinct different meanings with a variety of sub-meanings. 'Eis' can mean 'at' or 'because of'. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | jelkins | 133713 | ||
Tim, continuing discussion about the Greek word, eis, how can I find BAG, the definitive lexicon of Greek words, which you reference? Searched Google for "Greek Lexicon" and got 153,000 hits. Thought I'd just ASK you instead of looking through them all. Don't like to admit I also searched for "BAG". The return on that was much too general, as you might expect. Have found other info about it. At the following link, article entitled "A Rose is a Rose" contains this statement: 5. Finally, Doctor Daniel B. Wallace has stated in his Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics that the “causal” use of eis in Acts 2:38 (i.e., “because of” instead of “in order to”) has been demonstrated to fail in terms of linguistic evidence (p. 370) – http://www.christiancourier.com/penpoints/homographFor.htm |
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3 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | Morant61 | 133724 | ||
Greetings Rowdy! Sorry about that! :-) BAG is a common abbriviation. The full title is: "A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'. The primary author is Walter Bauer along with along with: F. W. Gingrich and William F. Arndt. I am not aware of it being on-line anywhere. It can be referenced at good libraries, which I would recommend doing so. It is quite expensive to purchase! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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