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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 address your question, and then hopefully we'll be done with this point! :-) I'm not sure how many ways I can say the same thing! ;-) 'Each' is the subject. The first plural pronoun added to 'each' would be similar to our expression, 'one among many'. In this example, 'one' is the subject. From that point on, any verb or pronoun which refers back to 'each' must be singular, because the subject is singular. Even in English, one would not mix and match singular and plural. The first 'of you' is not the subject, so the following pronouns do not have to be in agreement with it. I'm an Indianapolis Colts fan. If I were to describe the unique position of that particular team as it relates the the NFL. I might say, "The Colt's football team, one of thirty NFL teams, is near the bottom in terms of total stadium revenue when compared to the rest of the teams in the league. It is near the top in terms of total spending in relation to the rest of the teams in the league." Notice that the subject 'team' is singular, even though I mention that it is 'one of thirty teams'. The expression 'of thirty teams' does not change the subject into a plural. But, from that point on in the passage, if I want to use a pronoun to refer to the Colts team, I must use the singular 'it'. I could not refer to it as 'They' or 'Them'. I could not speak of the 'salaries of them'. The same thing is true in Acts 2:38. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |