From: Carlton L. Winbery (winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net)
Date: Thu Jul 25 1996 - 10:32:31 EDT
David Moore wrote;
>Leo Percer wrote:
>>
>> I have been following this thread on Luke 12:10 with some interest, but I
>> was prompted to respond when I read the following from Dave Haggard:
>>
>> >I understand EIS to mean not only "against," but as often as not, "into" =
>> >or "unto" (which can be understood as connected with "against.")
>> [stuff snipped]
>>
>> Being naturally curious, I turned to my shelf and pulled down the 1979
>> edition of BAGD's _A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other
>> early Christian Literature_ that I had handy. After a cursory glance at
>> the 3 page entry for EIS, I realized that I didn't see any instances of the
>> word "against" being a translation. The primary definitions include things
>> like "into, unto, in, to, for," etc. Did I overlook something here? I do
>> seem to remember hearing somewhere that EIS could have the meaning of
>> "against", but I can't seem to remember where I read or heard that. Are
>> there instances where EIS can legitmately be translated "against?"
>
> There is a section in the BAGD for the use of EIS "in a hostile
>sense." The reference is s.v. EIS, 4:c:alpha. Besides instances from
>the NT, it includes KAKOTECNEN EIS..., hAMARTANEIN EIS TINA, BLASFHMEIN
>EIS TINA, and also the expression ADIKHMATA EIS....
>
There is also a section in the old Thayer II.2.b. for one's advantage or
disadvantage.
Lk. 12:10 is cited here as disadvantage. Also Mk. 3:28-29, "Truly I tell
you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they
utter; but whoever blasphemes _against_ the Holy Spirit can never have
forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin."
I wonder if this is not a more original version of the saying that Luke
has taken and worked into a statement for disciples.
Carlton L. Winbery
Prof. Religion
LA College, Pineville, La
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