Talk:Acts 2
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Deleted Sentence with Multiple Issues
editHere's the sentence: Peter stated that this event was the beginning of a continual outpouring of the Holy Spirit that would be available to all believers from that point on, present and future generations of Jews and those who were 'afar off' [1] or 'distant' (International Standard Version), text which is generally interpreted to refer to the Gentiles because a similar phrase was used by Paul in Ephesians 2:17, υμιν τοις μακραν, where the context clearly refers to gentile converts to Christianity.[2]
I deleted this sentence because it had enough problems that I didn't think it was worth salvaging. For anyone who wants to try to salvage bits, here's some issues I see. The sentence presents a heavily interpreted view of Peter's words which will only find agreement within some sectors of Christianity, let alone the scholarly world. The sentence is unclear as to what "text which" refers to. The reference given does not substantiate some of the implications of the text as it stands. I have no objections, by the way, to some of this theological content finding its way back into the article. It just would need serious work to get it there, and (personal opinion) it would be better to simply scrap this sentence and work from the remaining article when adding any of these themes back in. Alephb (talk) 00:43, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
References
- ^ Acts 2:39
- ^ Pulpit Commentary on Acts 2:39 http://biblehub.com/commentaries/pulpit/acts/2.htm, accessed 1 August 2015
Verses 25 to 28,a reference to the right of the God the Father
editVerses from 25 to 28 cite Psalms 16:8–11. It shows a reference to the Sheol, to the preservation of the motal bodies and tobthe souls who won'be left in Hades (Jewish 'Sheol).
Christians believe patriarch saint David was among the souls liberated during the Jesus' Harrowing of Hell. Apart from the possible differences between the words Sheol-Hades-Hell, verse Acts 2:27 is seen as a remaind to the Harrowing to Hell. The similarity can be extended to the belief in the preservation of the flesh of the saints (You allow Your Holy One to see corruption), even as being part of the One, the Mystical Flesh of Christ. The flesh is preserved in the hope of its final Resurrection (my flesh also will rest in hope).
usually, Christ is said to be seated at the right of the Lord, whereas David says "He is at my right hand" as if David's throne in Israel was the earthly equivalent of the One of God in Heaven. The personal reference to Christ is completed in Acts 2:28 (paths of life), a passage which uses the same Greek words for the way, the truth, the life mentioned in John 14:6.
Further sources aree needed to corroborate a close linguistic and stylistic simmetry. Meanwhile, there are enough elements to give it [[Wikipedia:Relevance of content]+ and to let it to stay in the WP article. Hope this will help to find the needy sources.