12-04-2012, 03:46 AM
2 quick notes:
I appreciate the translation of "Treasurer" instead of "Eunuch". I did a quick rip from the online RSV (Which doesn't use Acts 8: 37, BTW). As I get more proficient with the tools on this site, I'll use the Interlinear.
More important:
It is stated that Philip "Baptizes" the Treasurer to Queen Candace.
Be aware that the word "Baptize" may bring an entirely different meaning than one might think would adhere.
Consider:
1 Corinthians 1: 14 - 17:
[14] I am thankful that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Ga'ius;
[15] lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name.
[16] (I did baptize also the household of Steph'anas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.)
Now why would it matter that Paul is worried about the number of people he has Baptized and who they were?
[17] For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Oh, yeah, I forgot! See...ummm...it's like this...
Moses is locked out of the Promised Land for less. No, there is something else here and it is the word "Baptize". Notice the almost conversational tone of 14 - 16. He Baptized only "Priscus" and "Caius"... I mean "Crispus" and "Gaius".
"I did baptize also the household of Steph'anas."
Who is in the "Household of Stephanas"? Let's see..."Stephanas" is close to...to...
Anyway, beware of being "Baptized" here. It may mean something else entirely.
CW
I appreciate the translation of "Treasurer" instead of "Eunuch". I did a quick rip from the online RSV (Which doesn't use Acts 8: 37, BTW). As I get more proficient with the tools on this site, I'll use the Interlinear.
More important:
It is stated that Philip "Baptizes" the Treasurer to Queen Candace.
Be aware that the word "Baptize" may bring an entirely different meaning than one might think would adhere.
Consider:
1 Corinthians 1: 14 - 17:
[14] I am thankful that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Ga'ius;
[15] lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name.
[16] (I did baptize also the household of Steph'anas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.)
Now why would it matter that Paul is worried about the number of people he has Baptized and who they were?
[17] For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Oh, yeah, I forgot! See...ummm...it's like this...
Moses is locked out of the Promised Land for less. No, there is something else here and it is the word "Baptize". Notice the almost conversational tone of 14 - 16. He Baptized only "Priscus" and "Caius"... I mean "Crispus" and "Gaius".
"I did baptize also the household of Steph'anas."
Who is in the "Household of Stephanas"? Let's see..."Stephanas" is close to...to...
Anyway, beware of being "Baptized" here. It may mean something else entirely.
CW