A transferring of the Blame from ones self to another<\/p>\n
Me-tas-ta-sis. Greek, , from (meta), beyond, over, and , a standing or placing (from (histanai), to put or place).<\/p>\n
Hence, Metastasis means a placing beyond: i.e., a transferring.<\/p>\n
Hence called by the Latins TRANSLATIO, a translating.<\/p>\n
The Figure is so called because it is a transferring of blame from one person or thing to another.<\/p>\n
Elijah used the figure in his answer to Ahab in<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
2Ki 9:19.-Is it peace? What hast thou to do with peace? This is also the Figure Anteisagoge (q.v. [Note: Which see.] ).<\/p>\n
Rom 7:14.-We know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.<\/p>\n
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 … Continue reading “Metastasis; or, Counter-Blame”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}