, 1875-04-18
BIBLE REVISION,
THE E4pTrHMAr, FoBNuIA.

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| Every careful student Of the Greek New Tosts
ment who compares tho original Creek with th
common English version, will decide thar ne,
revision Of the same is imperatively required
! In no respect is such new reviston moro neede
than in regard to the Greek propositions.
have selected for briaf examination the prapo
sition els. The common version renders th
baptin1nal formula in Matthew uviiE19 thus
$50 Ye therefore and teach all nations, baptiz
ING them in the name Of the Father, and Of th
Son, and OF tie Holy Ghost.'' This translation
fails to convey OF give the force and correc
meaning OF thu Greek. The proposition ther
rendered ''in," before the phrase =" the name Q
the Father" ETC., is els. This word atgnide
into" ITO tho INTERIOR" and not - in p sim
ply. ureen'a Hand Book to N. T. Gram, Sec
aoas S wseE , Gr' p 5ss ThG,; sss'
Gram. Sec. Gao, Robinson's n. T. Lexicon, p
ZIG. l. {eis) denotes motion into place o.
thing. It is not conyeftiblo With tho Greek pre-
position en- which signifies s'in,'' denoting resi-
in place or thing. Therefore tho .vefse above
quoted should be translated and read thus
go Sc therefore and teach all nations, baptz-
ing them into the mama Of the Father; aud Of the
Sou. and OF the Holy Ghost"
Iho difference between these TWO trauslAtiouG
is manifest. To baptize person @'ln the name
u elkA1lH6 AlEI6!y QJ kQo AukuuE14y OIL 6UQ no
more. The word - name In the above verse
has an entirely different meaning Tho ..nama
ct the Father, Bon, and Holy Ghost - il q
mode OF expressing - Father Son. and Holy
Ghost 80 that the phrase means = baptizing
them into the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost j"
Son, and Holy GhQst, means into profession Of
faith in them, into union with them, aud a
sincere obedience to them and the Gospel of
Christ. THIS is the clear Specification Of tae
Greek This command and .baptismal tforpula
do occur together elsewhere in tbs New T9sta-
mept In Acts viii l0, the proposition render
ed I'm" before the phrase ''lh the namo Of the
Lord Jesus" is eis sud should Be translated
Unto " and not 'in as in the common veraion-
It (ets) haould also: be tIanalated s. into i" IN
Acts xix; S. and not s. in.' The same word
(eis) is used twice in Romans vi: 8.
and is correctly rendered @' into" after
the word "baptized," in the Common version.
And in the 4th verse Of the same chapter, els be-
fore the word death, 1s correctly translated in
the Common version by "into-" In I. Cor. i:
mon version by ..in !" before tue phrase ..tAe
the then pane n Of pauf" snd Should @ T b 50 ronc c
dered. There arc two errors in l. Cor, ills, in
the common version. Tho wold - in before
the phrase :, mine own namo ehould be s'into,
for els is tdo proposition in the Greek; and the
words II had" should be "you we're which
wcuid make the verss read thus :, ..Lest any
should say thar you were baptized into my name
The Greek te1t, from which tho words IT had
we're taken, gave Ebaptisa the first person sn-
gular OF tho first aorat active indicative, while
E5aptissete, :ne second person plural first aorlst
indicative passive, is the correct Greek word.
In T. Cor. I: 9, els is the Greek proposition be-
fore the word :. Noses" and should also bo
translated s.into " and not ~+. unto" as in the
rectly rendered in the common version by."in-.
to before the word q Christ" To ne hant1Zed