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It further contrasts traditional interpretation with a proposed new version and addresses why the current rendering deserves a more adequate 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does the text argue for “into the Name” instead of “in the Name”?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It claims the Greek prepositions (and their interchangeability in late Greek) support the “into” rendering and that the phrase functions as a Semitic idiom rather than a purely native Greek idea.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What role does the verb βaπTlζeιν play in the argument?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The text argues that understanding the religious-routine use of the verb is necessary, because it is tied to ceremonial purification and underwent semantic shifts away from literal immersion.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How does the text relate Christian baptism to earlier Jewish practice?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It states that baptism’s symbolic purification was not originated by Christianity: Jewish proselyte baptism and John’s baptism provide antecedents, while Christianity adopted and applied the concept to release from moral 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baptize,as it is recorded in theclosing verses of St Matthew's Gospel.The authenticity of theclause βaπTlζovTes aiToùs els Tò ovoμa To πaTpòs kal rov vio0 kaiTovaylov πveμaTos has been ably and,as it seems to me,adequatelydefended against the suspicion cast upon it by reason of certaintextual phenomena recently observed in the writings of Eusebiusand some other authors.At the same time a new rendering ofthe familiar words has been offered to us,as conveying moreprecisely the spiritual significance of the rite which they enjoin.The new version is this:‘Immersing them into the Name of theFather,and of the Son,and of the Holy Ghost.In developingthis part of his essay the writer cites and challenges a closelycompressed statement in an article of mine in a Bible Dictionary,and therefore it is probable that both he and others will expectthat I should offer some reply.It would be the easiest course,and perhaps from the controversial point of view the mosteffective,to examine in detail the arguments by which DrChase supports the new interpretation,which is in manifestconflict with the traditional rendering which I believe to becorrect.In this way the ground might be cleared for a fullerstatement of my own view,together with a consideration of theobjections alleged against it.But in the interval between thewriting of his article and its publication,the Norrisian Professorhas been summoned to leave his chair for a higher office in theChurch;and it would be ungracious in any one,and aboveall in a personal friend,to meet a challenge written in othercircumstances by a counter-challenge,even though it were equallycourteous and riendly,at a time when new responsibilities mustnaturally preclude the possibility of a careful reply.The  \nDownloaded from htp:/jts.oxfordjournals.org/ at Dalhousie University on July 19,2015  \nquestion,however,of the true rendering and interpretation ofthese solemn words is of so great importance,that I feel boundto take this opportunity of stating the argument in favour of thecurrent version in a more adequate form than was possible inthe brief summary to which reference has been made.I hopethat I may succeed in doing this without the appearance ofa controversial method,even though alternative views maydemand a passing consideration.  \nThe summarized argument in the article on‘Baptism'in theEncyclopaedia Biblica is so short that I may be allowed to repeatit here as the starting-point of my discussion.  \nIn the Name,not‘into the name'.Although eis is the prepositionmost frequently used,we find ev in Acts ii 38,x48;and the inter-changeability of the two prepositions in late Greek may be plentifullyillustrated from the N.T.Moreover,the expression is a Hebraism;cp.ev ovóμaTt kvpov Matt.xxi 9(=Ps.cxviii 26;so in thebaptismal formula of Matt.xxvii I9 the Syriac version has p  (Lat.innomine).  \nThe argument here summarized is twofold:it is based,first,on the meaning of the Greek preposition in such a connexion;and secondly,on the recognition that we are here dealing witha Semitic idiom and not with a native Greek idea.Each ofthese points will need to be developed presently;but theycannot be satisfactorily dealt with until we have first consideredthe meaning and usage of the verb βaπTζev.  \nNo one will question the use in general Greek literature ofβaπTlζeu in the sense of'to dip’or'to immerse’,followed byeither els or ev of the element of immersion.Here,however,we are concerned solely with the use of the word in connexionwith religious rites.Already in some of the later books of theSeptuagint we find it employed of cleansing by water,and in thespecial sense of ceremonial purification.When we come to theNew Testament we find that it has no other than a ceremonialsense or a sense derived by metaphor from the commonlyreceived ceremonial sense.The Judaism of our Lord's day hadits βaπTLσμoùs πorηplaoD kal ξeσTv kal xaλx(o(Mark ","cbCailS6eCAl1hZu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailS6eCAl1hZu","pdf",810969,17,"English","# Baptismal formula: “In the Name” vs “Into the name”\n## Prepositions and scriptural usage\n## Semitic idiom and interpretation\n# Verb meaning in religious rites\n## Ceremonial cleansing in Septuagint and New Testament\n## Shifts in common usage and related examples\n# Early Christian usage and historical context\n## Baptism as purification and moral release\n## Continuity with Jewish religious practice","[{\"question\":\"Why does the text argue for “into the Name” instead of “in the Name”?\",\"answer\":\"It claims the Greek prepositions (and their interchangeability in late Greek) support the “into” rendering and that the phrase functions as a Semitic idiom rather than a purely native Greek idea.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does the verb βaπTlζeιν play in the argument?\",\"answer\":\"The text argues that understanding the religious-routine use of the verb is necessary, because it is tied to ceremonial purification and underwent semantic shifts away from literal 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