From: clayton stirling bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Jul 06 1998 - 09:30:10 EDT
One Last comment.
On the semantic range of APAGW, I looked at my most recent NT Dictionary,
EDNT.
EDNT classified APAGW in Acts 12:19 under "a violent leading away." This
classification is somewhat ambiguous but it can be clarified by seeing which
texts were used as examples. EDNT included a number of texts under the
heading "a violent lead away" that show a person being "lead" under coercion.
The principle texts cited were Gospel accounts of the arrest and death of
Jesus Christ (see, Mk 14:53, Lk 22:66, Mt 27:2, Mk 15:16, Mt 27:31). APAGW is
used in these passages to describe Jesus' being taken to the high priest, into
the Sanhedrin, to Pilate, into the praetorium, and last of all to the
crucifixion.
It seems somewhat precarious to single out the final use of APAGW in the
passion narrative and proclaim that this use of APAGW means execution, where
as the other uses of APAGW in the same narrative mean to lead (under coercion)
from one place to another.
EDNT falls short of stating that APAGW is a term for execution. How short?
That is debatable. The wording in English is ambiguous and permits more than
one interpretation.
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