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NASB | Acts 2:37 ¶ Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:37 ¶ Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart [with remorse and anxiety], and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?" |
Subject: where did this teaching come from? |
Bible Note: Greetings Grace and Truth! If the commands to 'repent' and 'be baptized' were both plural, you would be absolutely correct. In that case, two commands of equal weight, would be connected to a single promise. However, this is not the situation here. The use of 'kai' does not invalidate the grammatical point which I have stressed over and over again. In other words, 'kai' does not make the command to 'be baptized' plural. Greek uses 'kai' differently than an English 'and'. It can be a connective. It can be an adversative. It be used as to place emphasis. It can be used to start a new clause. It can even be simply placed at the beginning of a sentence and untranslatable. But, it doesn't change the facts of grammar! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |