From: Kevin Cauley (cauley@airmail.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 22:47:40 EST
Yes, that makes sense to me like that too, but why (and here I go trying to
figure out the author's meaning again) would he use the dative in the
earlier part of the sentence (hUMIN . . . TOIS TEKNOIS) and then throw that
preposition in there? What kind of flavor of meaning was he trying to get
across?
For example, sometimes EIS means "into" and sometimes it means "unto." The
translators could have translated Acts 2:38 "into" and been consistent with
the meaning of the word, but to translate the word "into" in verse 39
doesn't seem to work, but "unto" does. It is almost like motion toward, but
not yet completed.
"Curiouser and curiouser."
Kevin Cauley
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From: Clwinbery@aol.com [mailto:Clwinbery@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:24 PM
To: Biblical Greek
Subject: [b-greek] Re: EIS in Acts 2:39
In a message dated 3/5/02 7:05:18 PM Central Standard Time,
cauley@airmail.net writes:
> What is the difference in the meaning of EIS in Acts 2:38 (EIS AFESIN
> hAMARTIWN) and the EIS in Acts 2:39 (EIS MAKRAN OSOUS)? It seems to me
that
> in 2:38 the preposition is indicating result, but in 2:39 it is almost
> dative in nature.
>
> Kevin Cauley
I would say yes if by dative you mean the locative function. Generally EIS
indicates movement toward or into (also purpose), but in the GNT it often
parallels EPI or EN with the dative in simple location. I would translate it
in Acts 2:39 as "to all those at a distance." PASIN TOIS EIS MAKRAN.
Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College
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