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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Subject: To be saved must we be baptised? |
Bible Note: Greetings Disciplerami! Let me try on more time! Show me a verse, where 'each' is used, that follows this pattern: "Each of you they receive...." This is what you are claiming for Acts 2:38. Each time 'each' is used, all of the pronouns and verbs associated with it are singular in number. The 'each' clause can appear in the middle of a sentence, but everything associated with that clause will be singular in number. You wrote: "The plural pronoun follows, no one has said it is antecedent. The antecedent of the plural pronoun is the singular verb. The singular verb is followed by HEKASTOS, emphasizing the entire YE." This is not what Thayer claimed for 'each'. He said that 'each' can be used alongside plural pronouns and verbs in an appositional sense. He did not say that each can then be referred to by a plural pronoun. Each is singular, not plural. I realize that your doctrinal beliefs depend upon this ungrammatical interpretation of Acts 2:38, but it just doesn't work. Thayer is saying that 'each' is appositional in this case, which is what I have been claiming all along! ;-) I have to get ready for small group my friend! I'm sure that we will chat more later. If necessary, I'll start charting out each use of 'each' in the NT, and show you what I mean! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |