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God draws all of His chosen of humanity, ie. God's "vessels of mercy" to Himself, where those drawn to God, specifically excludes those of humanity destined for damnation, ie. God's "vessels of wrath":
Romans 9 (New King James Version)
22What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Romans 9 (New King James Version)
22What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
One of the first definitions supplied in his post was "stationed"... (and I had mentioned BibleHub shows "Middle Voice or Passive Voice" for that word)... let's suppose for a minute that the verse reads: "And as many as were stationed unto [eis] eternal life believed."
The entire CONTEXT makes sense for the Gentiles to have "stationed" (themselves [middle voice option]), and that the Jews had not "stationed" (themselves), "unto eternal life" (shown by the previous words in the CONTEXT--namely, in vv.39,41,42,45,46, and even here in v.48)... Bear in mind, "[stationed] unto eternal life" doesn't mean they granted it to themselves. It just means they were "GLAD" to have heard that which was stated (by Paul and Barnabas) in v.47, and had even "ASKED" to hear from them [/what they were saying] again (back in v.42).
[the outcome of the matter being that they "believed"]
The entire CONTEXT makes sense for the Gentiles to have "stationed" (themselves [middle voice option]), and that the Jews had not "stationed" (themselves), "unto eternal life" (shown by the previous words in the CONTEXT--namely, in vv.39,41,42,45,46, and even here in v.48)... Bear in mind, "[stationed] unto eternal life" doesn't mean they granted it to themselves. It just means they were "GLAD" to have heard that which was stated (by Paul and Barnabas) in v.47, and had even "ASKED" to hear from them [/what they were saying] again (back in v.42).
[the outcome of the matter being that they "believed"]
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Passive voice implies inactivity by the subject noun, with an external force being enacted upon the subject noun - whilst active voice implies activity by the subject noun. By your own words, you acknowledge that the subject noun "were stationed" in the passive voice by some other force acting upon it - the subject noun cannot "were stationed" themselves???
Help me out with this grammar thing... check out the word "were" at this link [at the end of this section of my post], and notice what is indicated about it, in the right-side column, where it says "V-IIA-3P - https://biblehub.com/grammar/greek.htm "... (I mean, in view of the choice between "middle or passive voice" for the G5021 word under discussion) : Acts 13:48 Greek Text Analysis (biblehub.com)
I happen to disagree, I think... "the coaches were stationed at either side of the field" doesn't necessarily mean they didn't place themselves in such a situation, does it??
I happen to disagree, I think... "the coaches were stationed at either side of the field" doesn't necessarily mean they didn't place themselves in such a situation, does it??
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I know some people consider this to be the meaning:
[from Strong's, G5021 - tassō ]
"to arrange in an orderly manner, i.e. Assign or dispose (to a certain position or lot)"
So, in the "middle voice," wouldn't it be something like,
"Ted and Bill were disposed unto chocolate ice cream" (meaning, "inclined toward" or "they decided on" it... or along those lines)
[meaning... to HEAR further from them about Jesus...]
[from Strong's, G5021 - tassō ]
"to arrange in an orderly manner, i.e. Assign or dispose (to a certain position or lot)"
So, in the "middle voice," wouldn't it be something like,
"Ted and Bill were disposed unto chocolate ice cream" (meaning, "inclined toward" or "they decided on" it... or along those lines)
[meaning... to HEAR further from them about Jesus...]
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Pleasure "TheDivineWatermark":
Acts 13:48, G1510[e], "were", Greek grammar: "Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Acts 13:48, G5021[e], "appointed", Greek grammar: "Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine"
I happen to disagree, I think... "the coaches were stationed at either side of the field" does necessarily mean they didn't place themselves in such a situation, because the passive voice is indicative of an external active force, it might be indicative of some authority or ruling over them, acting upon them as the subject, isn't it?? If they placed themselves in such a position, the text would have clearly been in the active voice, reading "the coaches stationed themselves at either side of the field", wouldn't it?? When distilling truth, always remember KISS, "keep it simple Sam"...
Acts 13:48, G1510[e], "were", Greek grammar: "Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Acts 13:48, G5021[e], "appointed", Greek grammar: "Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine"
I happen to disagree, I think... "the coaches were stationed at either side of the field" does necessarily mean they didn't place themselves in such a situation, because the passive voice is indicative of an external active force, it might be indicative of some authority or ruling over them, acting upon them as the subject, isn't it?? If they placed themselves in such a position, the text would have clearly been in the active voice, reading "the coaches stationed themselves at either side of the field", wouldn't it?? When distilling truth, always remember KISS, "keep it simple Sam"...
KISS (keep it simple Sam):
Acts 13 (New King James Version)
49And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region
Is "the word of the Lord" "was being spread" in the passive voice, indicative to your comprehension of language, that "the word of the Lord" is spreading itself??? Some force was acting upon "the word of the Lord", therefor it "was being spread" by this force acting upon it...KISS
now, also in the passive voice, one verse earlier:
Acts 13 (New King James Version)
48Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Is "many" "had been appointed to eternal life" in the passive voice, indicative to your comprehension of language, that "many" appointed themselves to eternal life??? Some force was acting upon "many", therefor they "had been appointed to eternal life" by this force acting upon them...
This force appointing to eternal life is God, and it is the sole ability of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to appoint to eternal life ...
KISS
Acts 13 (New King James Version)
49And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region
Is "the word of the Lord" "was being spread" in the passive voice, indicative to your comprehension of language, that "the word of the Lord" is spreading itself??? Some force was acting upon "the word of the Lord", therefor it "was being spread" by this force acting upon it...KISS
now, also in the passive voice, one verse earlier:
Acts 13 (New King James Version)
48Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Is "many" "had been appointed to eternal life" in the passive voice, indicative to your comprehension of language, that "many" appointed themselves to eternal life??? Some force was acting upon "many", therefor they "had been appointed to eternal life" by this force acting upon them...
This force appointing to eternal life is God, and it is the sole ability of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to appoint to eternal life ...
KISS
That is incorrect, and not scriptural.
Our righteous God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, had beforehand prepared vessels of wrath for destruction, and mercifully beforehand prepared vessels of mercy, for His glory.
Romans 9 (New King James Version)
22What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Our righteous God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, had beforehand prepared vessels of wrath for destruction, and mercifully beforehand prepared vessels of mercy, for His glory.
Romans 9 (New King James Version)
22What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
I too find bold facing to be helpful...
Romans
9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
9:22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
9:26 And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
God could have limited salvation to only an elect and chosen few, but praise be to Jesus, He did not.
Romans
9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
9:22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
9:26 And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
God could have limited salvation to only an elect and chosen few, but praise be to Jesus, He did not.
If you mean ' draw ' by this ?
8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12¶I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12¶I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
...but your method of "KISS" seems to have merely been to go through the listing of "versions" to find one that seems to you to agree with the point you are attempting to make. 
How about considering another similarly-worded verse... with the word "were [V-IIA-3P]" (like our present verse) followed by a verb in the "M/P" (Middle or Passive Voice, like our present verse), followed by the word "unto [eis]" (like our present verse):
[quoted in part to save space]
Luke 24:13 -
[...]
1722 [e] ἐν
en on Prep
846 [e] αὐτῇ
autē same PPro-DF3S
3588 [e] τῇ
tē the Art-DFS
2250 [e] ἡμέρᾳ
hēmera day N-DFS
1510 [e] ἦσαν
ēsan were V-IIA-3P
4198 [e] πορευόμενοι
poreuomenoi going V-PPM/P-NMP
1519 [e] εἰς
eis to Prep
2968 [e] κώμην
kōmēn a village N-AFS
568 [e] ἀπέχουσαν
apechousan being distant, V-PPA-AFS
4712 [e] σταδίους
stadious stadia N-AMP
1835 [e] ἑξήκοντα
hexēkonta sixty Adj-AMP
575 [e] ἀπὸ
apo from Prep
2419 [e] Ἰερουσαλήμ,
Ierousalēm Jerusalem, N-GFS
3739 [e] ᾗ
hē whose RelPro-DFS
3686 [e] ὄνομα
onoma name [is] N-NNS
1695 [e] Ἐμμαοῦς,
Emmaous Emmaus; N-NFS
["who" was doing the action, here? (in this "action - 'GOING'"... was it someone else acting upon them?? [I think NOT, how 'bout you? What do *you* think?])]
...the only difference here is with the main verb "going" is "V-PPM/P-NMP" (PRESENT tense) rather than "V-RPM/P-NMP" (PERFECT tense)...
...but this "PERFECT tense" (in our verse under discussion), meaning, "ACTION COMPLETED at a SPECIFIC POINT of TIME in PAST (●) with results CONTINUING into the PRESENT (▬►). In certain contexts the results are PERMANENT"... , doesn't give anyone a clue as to "how long in the past" it was done/completed... THAT comes via the rest of the CONTEXT, which we already showed that the previous verses in the CONTEXT tell us things like what the TEXT of vv.39,41,42,45,46 had SAID about those very ppl just THE WEEK PRIOR. (Hello! Major CLUE, here [as to the "PERFECT TENSE" application], WITHIN the very CONTEXT of this passage! ) Tada! (Simple!)
= )
How about considering another similarly-worded verse... with the word "were [V-IIA-3P]" (like our present verse) followed by a verb in the "M/P" (Middle or Passive Voice, like our present verse), followed by the word "unto [eis]" (like our present verse):
[quoted in part to save space]
Luke 24:13 -
[...]
1722 [e] ἐν
en on Prep
846 [e] αὐτῇ
autē same PPro-DF3S
3588 [e] τῇ
tē the Art-DFS
2250 [e] ἡμέρᾳ
hēmera day N-DFS
1510 [e] ἦσαν
ēsan were V-IIA-3P
4198 [e] πορευόμενοι
poreuomenoi going V-PPM/P-NMP
1519 [e] εἰς
eis to Prep
2968 [e] κώμην
kōmēn a village N-AFS
568 [e] ἀπέχουσαν
apechousan being distant, V-PPA-AFS
4712 [e] σταδίους
stadious stadia N-AMP
1835 [e] ἑξήκοντα
hexēkonta sixty Adj-AMP
575 [e] ἀπὸ
apo from Prep
2419 [e] Ἰερουσαλήμ,
Ierousalēm Jerusalem, N-GFS
3739 [e] ᾗ
hē whose RelPro-DFS
3686 [e] ὄνομα
onoma name [is] N-NNS
1695 [e] Ἐμμαοῦς,
Emmaous Emmaus; N-NFS
["who" was doing the action, here? (in this "action - 'GOING'"... was it someone else acting upon them?? [I think NOT, how 'bout you? What do *you* think?])]
...the only difference here is with the main verb "going" is "V-PPM/P-NMP" (PRESENT tense) rather than "V-RPM/P-NMP" (PERFECT tense)...
...but this "PERFECT tense" (in our verse under discussion), meaning, "ACTION COMPLETED at a SPECIFIC POINT of TIME in PAST (●) with results CONTINUING into the PRESENT (▬►). In certain contexts the results are PERMANENT"... , doesn't give anyone a clue as to "how long in the past" it was done/completed... THAT comes via the rest of the CONTEXT, which we already showed that the previous verses in the CONTEXT tell us things like what the TEXT of vv.39,41,42,45,46 had SAID about those very ppl just THE WEEK PRIOR. (Hello! Major CLUE, here [as to the "PERFECT TENSE" application], WITHIN the very CONTEXT of this passage!
) Tada! (Simple!)= )
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6000 years ago, a man named Adam made a bad Choice. Spiritual death fell upon the human race. 2000 years ago, Jesus came down from Heaven and shed His blood in order that we might have the opportunity to make a better choice. Soon after, Satan came up with another lie. Satan told men that they did not have the freedom to choose to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. We call this devilish false doctrine 'Calvinism'.
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Sin exists solely because of man's freedom to choose. Without freedom to choose, man has only obedience to the will of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Fortunately our God is not only righteous, but out of His mercy he elected a chosen few to be saved.
Ephesians 2 (New King James Version)
8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2 (New King James Version)
8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Romans
5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
5:15 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
5:15 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
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