Metastasis; or, Counter-Blame
Metastasis; or, Counter-Blame
A transferring of the Blame from ones self to another
Me-tas-ta-sis. Greek, , from (meta), beyond, over, and , a standing or placing (from (histanai), to put or place).
Hence, Metastasis means a placing beyond: i.e., a transferring.
Hence called by the Latins TRANSLATIO, a translating.
The Figure is so called because it is a transferring of blame from one person or thing to another.
Elijah used the figure in his answer to Ahab in
1Ki 18:17-18.-When Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy fathers house, etc.
2Ki 9:19.-Is it peace? What hast thou to do with peace? This is also the Figure Anteisagoge (q.v. [Note: Which see.] ).
Rom 7:14.-We know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.