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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. |
Bible Question (short): You need to rethink that one, Tim. |
Question (full): I hear what you are saying, Tim. However, understanding dead ancient Greek is beyond feasibility for the average man. Hundreds of highly educated translators for dozens of English translations have all (as far as I'm aware) translated Ac. 2:38 as "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins." It seems unreasonable to me, after all of the critique and scholarly review that has gone into the various English translations of the Bible to say, "wait a minute: the word "eis" doesn't mean 'for' after all!" Baptism isn't a work of the law. It isn't something that you "do." It is something you submit to in accordance with Jesus' commandments. If it were only Acts 2:38 that indicated this, I would be apt to listen to intellectual mumbo-jumbo about greek grammar from non-ancient-Greeks. But there is a LOT more evidence pointing to Baptism being part of God's plan of salvation. I'm sure you're aware of it, so I'll not bore you with it. Also, I must disagree with your statement that when you are reading a translation of Scripture, you are not reading actual Scripture, but a translation of it. If you are spanish and I am English, and I wish to say to you, "I don't speak Spanish," I can say, "No habla espaniol." Now, what I really wanted to say was "I don't speak spanish." But I didn't, did I? I just TRANSLATED it. Does that make my comment any less valid. No. So, Scripture is Scripture regardless of the language it is translated into. To think that only those who claim to fully understand dead ancient Greek have "true" access to the Scripture is a bit elitist. Incidentally, Christ didn't cater to elitists. |