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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:
First, thaynks so much for kaching my spellling typow. Second,the reason(s) that we have the NKJV, NAS, NIV and others has a lot to do with which manuscripts you are interpreting from. There are also several different ways to skin any given cat. Do you understand what I mean? Do you follow me? Get it? Okeedokee? (i.e. Those were several different ways to skin a particular cat.) That doesn't make any GOOD translation (I'm not talking paraphrases, here) any less Scripture than the dead, ancient Greek, (which incidentally, we do not have the original manuscripts of). Third, if you don't recall Tim saying that only the dead ancient Greek is Scripture, please refer to his comment: "However, when you read 'the KJV for instance', you are reading a translation of Scripture, not Scripture. The orginal Scripture for Acts 2:38 was written in Greek, not English." It logically follows that unless you can read the dead, ancient Greek, you have no access to Scripture----thus, the birth of the scripto-elitist (yes, I coined that one myself). Fourth, regarding breaking the sacrosanct Rule #2, my comment was, "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." Please be so kind as to show me where anything in this comment is a personal attack on Tim (or untrue, for that matter). Fifth, I didn't realize that Tim had already PROVEN that baptism has nothing to do with Salvation. Wow! I'll be glad when that news gets out into the world so that scholars with a lot more experience and ability with dead ancient Greek can finally stop discussing it. |
Bible Answer: The "dead ancient Greek" os called Koine (Greek) Koine gives exactness of expression because of its intricate system of verb tenses. In the present tense, Greek verbs can show indefinite action, or continuing/progressive action. The past tense (aorist or perfect systems) can show events fulfilled in the past, as well as past actions with continuous results. These nuances of meanings are especially important regarding the word of God. Source: http://www.polar.icestorm.com/biblebell/n981230.html Many other people agree the Koine Greek was one of the most perfect languages ... therefore any translations are less desirable. The copies of the Koine Greek will have to do, since we don't haev the orginial. Like it or not, what Tim has said about Acts 2:38 is correct. It is not just Tim who has proven the relation of baptism and salvation ... many before (and after) him have proven it. On your 4th point ... it had no foundation and nothing to do with Scripture. It usually isn't the one who is attacked that will speak up ... our friends do. You are crossing the line. Point 5 is there, too ... mockingly. If you refuse to study the Greek, it is pointless to discuss this passage with you. Searcher |