Featured Understanding Acts 13:48

And yet none agree with Van’s interpretation of an agreement by mutual consent.

Brother, be convinced in your own mind and I’ll do the same.

peace to you

 

The designation of the passive is not arbitrary. It is considered passive because Greek scholars agree that is how it used in the context of the other words around it.

What these folks are saying is that it could be used, rarely, in the middle voice in completely different context. Notice how often they say “if” it’s translated as middle, acknowledging a departure of established norms.

Your repeated assertion it means an agreement by mutual consent has not been supported by a single person you have quoted.

If you think your analysis is correct, submit a paper for peer review by people that are actual experts.

You are literally ignoring your own advice that speculation is the mother of false doctrine.

peace to you

 

Scholars are not divided. Haters of God's Sovereignty desire to create controversy where there is none in an attempt to lift up man and cast down God.

 

The voice is not middle as the phraseology makes the verse sound silly and the context shows it is not in the middle. But lovers of men as sovereign over God truly want it to be middle voice.

 

This translation makes man glorious and tears away at the Supremacy of God.

 

Acts 13:46-49, ". . . But Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary for the word of God to first be spoken to you°. But since you° are shoving it away from yourselves and are judging yourselves not worthy of everlasting life. Behold, how we are turned to the Gentiles. For* so the Lord has commanded to us, saying, ‘I have placed you* for a light of the Gentiles, for you to be* for salvation to the outermost parts of the earth.’ And while the Gentiles are hearing this, they were rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and they believed as many as were appointing themselves toward everlasting life. Now the word of the Lord was being carried through the whole region. . . ." MLV

 

You are simply rewriting scripture to adhere to your biased theology.

Speculation is the mother of false doctrine.

peace to you

 

Read that translation and tell me how God is glorified and lifted up as Supreme. You won't find it in that translation. Instead, you find man being lifted up and glorified while God is being lessened.
Do you really think that Luke would purposely lift up man?
Come now, just read how bad that translation is, which you just posted.

Look at what it says about itself:
"Modern Literal Version of the New Testament (MLV)
The World's Most Accurate English Bible Translation.
The ONLY bible translation OPEN for any to recommend simple fixes or corrections.

Do you see how crazy that version is? And you had the idea that quoting it would legitimize your argument? It's an open source document that anyone can make changes to. That's crazy.

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I am curious as to how you think someone responding to the gospel message is wrong? Van stated that he interpretatively translated Acts 13:48. It appears that you are rejecting the context of the verse. So which one is adhering to a biased position?

Salvation is offered; the word is received
Act 2:40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation."
Act 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

The Lord adds many who believe
Act 2:47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
Act 5:14 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, ...

Believers were added to the Lord
Act 11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

The Lord appoints Paul His minister; Paul obeys
Act 26:16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.
Act 26:17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
Act 26:18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

God sends; the Gentiles hear
Act 28:28 "Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!"

 

maybe it's purified by fire the eighth time.

Psalms 12:6 - King James Bible
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org › Psalms-12-6
"The words of the LORD are pure words:
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. ...

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever...."

 

In the past, God predestined the salvation of the Gentiles. In many places in the Old Testament Scriptures God reveals that the blessing of salvation is for the Gentiles also (e.g., Gen_12:1-3; Isa_42:6; Isa_49:6).

When they in faith accept Christ, he grants them the gift of eternal life. When the Gentiles in Pisidian Antioch put their faith in Jesus Christ, they appropriate eternal life for themselves.

The text reveals the proverbial two sides of the same coin: God's electing love and man's believing response (cf Php_2:12-13). Even though this text features the main verb to believe, it also teaches the doctrine of divine election. Note that Luke says “[The Gentiles] were appointed to eternal life.” He does not say that they were appointed to believe.
“What concerns him is that eternal life is not only received by faith, but is essentially the plan of God.” Baker's New Testament Commentary

In the NT we find “to determine” in Act_15:2, “to appoint” in Act_28:23, and “to order” in Mat_28:16. God orders or appoints (passive voice) in Act_22:10. Christians are ordained to eternal life in Act_13:48; conferring of status rather than foreordination is the point. TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament

 

You always deliberately misstate what I believe. Please don’t respond to my posts.

peace to you