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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! Your analysis was okay as far as it went, but it didn't go far enough! :-) After 1 Cor. 16:2 introduces the subject 'each', what kind of verbs and pronouns are used to refer to the subject? Himself - singular. Lay aside - singular. Treasuring - singular. Prosper - singular. While, Acts 2:38 continues: 'for the remission of your (plural) sins and that you might receive (plural) the gift of the Holy Spirit.' If Acts 2:38 followed the pattern of Acts 2:3, all of the above plural verbs and pronouns would have been singular! Remember my friend, it is not the appositional phrase that is the problem. It is trying to tie the non-appositional part of the sentence grammatically to the appositional part. This is what is ungrammatical. The plural 'your' of 'your sins' cannot refer back to the singular 'each' of the appositional phrase. Thus, obedience to the individual command to 'be baptized' is not necessary to receive the promises at the end of Acts 2:38. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |