From: Kevin Cauley (cauley@airmail.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 23:33:57 EST
I think you may have misread what I was intending to say. Yes, I agree,
translators must use different words in different contexts and for different
reasons. I was trying to HIGHLIGHT the differences here in Acts 2:38 and
contrast it with verse 39 to draw out the different meaning of verse 39, but
I guess I didn't do such a good job at that. In verse 38, EIS could be
translated, "to," "for," "into," "unto" or more loosely, "in order that" and
still make sense given its object; but in verse 39 only "to" "for" or "unto"
seem to fit as a translation. It would be awkward to say, "For the promise
is to you and to your children and INTO all them that are a far off;" that
flavor of EIS does not seem to apply to its object here; hence, it is more
dative oriented as opposed to more results oriented (as in verse 38). Does
that make more sense? Sorry for the confusion.
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From: Polycarp66@aol.com [mailto:Polycarp66@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:16 PM
To: Biblical Greek
Subject: [b-greek] Re: EIS in Acts 2:39
In a message dated 3/5/2002 10:52:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
cauley@airmail.net writes:
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.
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You can't expect one English word to be able to the same Greek word in every
instance (This is what you're trying to do, isn't it?). Suppose, e.g., you
lived centuries from now and were trying to translate the English sentence
"He is red." Although there is a connection between the color red and the
communist party, a person in the future might not be aware of this. Thus it
might be necessary to use a different word from whatever word would be used
to designate the color "red". It simply isn't possible to plug a word from
a
target language in to replace a word in the source language consistently in
every case.
This is probably "as clear as mud", but I HOPE I've addressed your question.
gfsomsel
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